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Winter Storm Watch 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 29, 20195 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 29, 2019, 3:00 AM CST for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 30, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2019, 3:00 AM CST (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2019, 2:52 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 29, 2:43 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 2:43 AM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:14 AM CST, 15 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 3:00 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	45 hr
Dec 29, 8:35 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 19 more	3 hr
Dec 29, 10:41 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens and 3 more	37 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.