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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at Apr 19, 2026, 1:40 PM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 20, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2026, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2026, 1:21 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 25 counties
Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.