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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 28, 2013, 1:48 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2013, 1:48 AM CST (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Jan 28, 12:25 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 12:25 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 7:48 PM CST, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 290200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 748 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ADDITIONAL LOW PRESSURE WAVES WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY END AS ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER BUT IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AND ICING AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BORGHOFF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 27, 9:40 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jan 27, 10:56 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1056 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 PM SNOW ST LOUIS PARK 44.95N 93.36W
01/27/2013 M2.8 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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LSLocal storm report, Jan 27, 11:10 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1110 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1101 PM SNOW 1 S SHAKOPEE 44.76N 93.48W
01/27/2013 M3.2 INCH SCOTT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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LSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Stevens, Todd | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:32 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 26 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2013Every dense fog advisory in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.