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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 5, 2012Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this dense fog advisory at Apr 5, 2012, 4:18 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2012, 4:18 AM MDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Apr 4, 5:07 PM MDT, 11 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 5:07 PM MDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 7:56 AM MDT, 20 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
856 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051400-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
856 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 /756 AM MDT WED APR 4 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...ANY STORM WHICH DOES DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE
HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS. ANY STORM WHICH DOES DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR
FRIDAY EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

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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.