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Dense Fog Advisory 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 1, 2012, 5:27 AM CST for 18 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2012, 5:27 AM CST (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 1:31 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 1, 4:02 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:02 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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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.