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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 15, 202336 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 15, 2023, 3:40 AM CDT for 36 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 16, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2023, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2023, 2:23 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 40 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope 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, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 14, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 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
Mar 15, 2:23 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 35 more	41 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2023 Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2023 Every winter storm watch in 2023

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.