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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 31, 202517 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 31, 2025, 2:47 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 1, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2025, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 21 counties

Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pope County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Mar 31, 11:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 11:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:21 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 9:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 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 31, 2:23 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Meeker and 9 more	25 hr

Nearby

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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.