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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 29, 202610 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this heat advisory at Jul 29, 2026, 12:37 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2026, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 29, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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 heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 29, 5:58 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 5:58 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before

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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.