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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 17, 201922 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 17, 2019, 2:51 AM CST for 22 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2019, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 18, 2019, 11:48 PM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 22 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Jan 16, 10:56 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 10:56 PM CST, 3 hours 55 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
Jan 17, 2:09 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more	35 hr

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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.