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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 30, 201221 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 30, 2012, 6:51 AM EDT for 21 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 30, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2012, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 30, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 30, 2012, 10:09 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
All 21 counties

Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Aug 29, 3:20 PM EDT, 15 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:20 PM EDT, 15 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston42 min
Aug 29, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne53 min
Aug 29, 10:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne79 min

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.