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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 7, 202333 counties in Minnesota; Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 7, 2023, 2:46 AM CST for 33 counties in Minnesota; Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 9, 2023, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2023, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2023, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 8, 2023, 3:02 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 36 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, 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, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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 Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 10:50 PM CST, 3 hours 56 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.