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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at May 13, 2026, 3:20 AM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota; Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 15, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2026, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2026, 11:39 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 25 counties
Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas 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, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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 fire weather 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 fire weather watch went out at May 12, 6:02 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:02 PM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 31 hr |
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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.