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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 6, 20157 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at May 6, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at May 5, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 11:11 AM CDT, 13 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	47 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	31 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2015 Every dense fog advisory in 2015

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.