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Dense Fog Advisory 21, NWS Springfield, MO

December 18, 200834 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 18, 2008, 3:07 PM CST for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 18, 2008, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 4:13 AM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

All 37 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 dense fog advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Dec 18, 3:00 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:00 PM CST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 12:23 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 18, 4:48 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Jasper and 8 more	10 hr
Dec 18, 4:48 AM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 23 more	10 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Missouri, 2008 Dense Fog Advisories in Kansas, 2008 Every dense fog advisory in 2008

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.