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Dense Fog Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 13, 201316 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 13, 2013, 3:30 PM EST for 16 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jan 13, 2013, 6:26 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2013, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2013, 6:26 PM EST
Expired: Jan 14, 2013, 10:14 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

All 29 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Jan 12, 3:37 PM EST, 23 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:37 PM EST, 23 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:32 PM EST, 23 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 1:07 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		18 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in New Jersey, 2013 Dense Fog Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2013 Dense Fog Advisories in Delaware, 2013 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.