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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

December 16, 201217 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 16, 2012, 8:27 PM CST for 17 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2012, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 17, 2012, 5:59 AM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

All 23 counties

Atchison County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Dec 16, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 6:57 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 2:55 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb and 10 more	24 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Missouri, 2012 Dense Fog Advisories in Kansas, 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.