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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 17, 20128 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this dense fog advisory at May 17, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT for 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at May 16, 7:13 PM EDT, 8 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:13 PM EDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 10:38 AM EDT, 17 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX	52 min
May 16, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX	35 min
May 17, 4:15 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX	4 days

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in North Carolina, 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.