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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 5, 202628 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 5, 2026, 2:58 PM CST for 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2026, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 7, 2026, 7:23 AM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 5, 12:33 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 12:33 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 2:44 PM CST, 14 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 4, 6:08 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Meeker and 9 more	18 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.