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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 8, 202513 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

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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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 3:23 PM CST, 12 hours 3 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
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, 2025 Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2025 Every 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.