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Winter Weather Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 16, 202018 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 16, 2020, 2:54 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 17, 2020, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2020, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 18, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 24 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 Feb 16, 12:08 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 12:08 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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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.