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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 26, 202510 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jul 26, 2025, 2:29 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 27, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2025, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 27, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 27, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 26, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:08 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 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
Jul 26, 1:54 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more	13 hr
Jul 26, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	18 min
Jul 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 26 more	31 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Minnesota, 2025 Heat Advisories in Wisconsin, 2025 Every heat advisory in 2025

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.