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Winter Weather Advisory 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 22, 2020, 2:50 PM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 23, 2020, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2020, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2020, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 2:43 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 Dec 22, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 28 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 18 more | 36 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.