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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 8, 2025, 3:26 AM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 9, 2025, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2025, 3:26 AM CST (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2025, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 Dec 7, 10:56 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 10:56 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 9 more | 22 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 4 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 27 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2025Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2025Every winter storm watch 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.