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Dense Fog Advisory 4, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 26, 201113 counties in Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 26, 2011, 9:49 PM CST for 13 counties in Missouri; Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2011, 9:49 PM CST (03:49 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 3:46 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 26, 5:45 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 5:45 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike23 min
Feb 27, 1:18 PM CSTFlood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Knox, Lewis and 8 more11 hr
Feb 27, 3:10 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike and 2 more6 hr
Feb 27, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Shelby48 min
Feb 27, 10:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike, Scott22 days

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Missouri, 2011Dense Fog Advisories in Illinois, 2011Every dense fog advisory in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.