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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 3, 20124 counties in South Dakota; Clay County, Dickinson County, Osceola County, Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 3, 2012, 12:42 AM CST for 4 counties in South Dakota; Clay County, Dickinson County, Osceola County, Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2012, 12:42 AM CST (06:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2012, 3:47 AM CST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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.

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 2, 5:50 PM CST, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 5:50 PM CST, 6 hours 52 minutes before

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Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2012 Dense Fog Advisories in South Dakota, 2012 Dense Fog Advisories in Iowa, 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.