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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 14, 201017 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 14, 2010, 7:35 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2010, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 14, 6:40 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:40 PM CDT, 55 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 14, 7:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	20 hr
Mar 15, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Redwood	12 hr
Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Steele	12 hr
Mar 15, 10:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	McLeod	4 days
Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Freeborn	24 hr
Mar 15, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	11 hr
Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood	12 days
Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Stearns	9 days
Mar 15, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin and 5 more	7 days

Nearby

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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.