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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Columbia, SC

March 19, 20125 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 19, 2012, 5:37 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2012, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 19, 3:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	19 min
Mar 19, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	44 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in South Carolina, 2012 Every dense fog advisory in 2012

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.