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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

February 26, 20248 counties in North Dakota; 11 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this winter storm warning at Feb 26, 2024, 7:23 PM CST for 8 counties in North Dakota; 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 27, 2024, 1:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2024, 7:23 PM CST (01:23 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2024, 1:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 27, 2024, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 26, 6:47 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 6:47 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 9:41 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Pembina, Steele and 2 more	8 hr
Feb 27, 5:56 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more	15 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2024 Winter Storm Warnings in North Dakota, 2024 Every winter storm warning in 2024

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.