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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 3, 2012, 5:13 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2012, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 3, 2:04 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:04 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 2, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 64 min |
| Feb 3, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 3:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ICT | Sumner | 9 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.