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Excessive Heat Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 202028 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 23, 2020, 3:06 AM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2020, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2020, 2:37 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat watch went out at Jul 22, 11:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 11:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 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
Jul 23, 2:37 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more	53 hr
Jul 23, 2:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	66 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in Minnesota, 2020 Every excessive heat watch in 2020

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.