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Dense Fog Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 201523 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Sep 3, 2015, 5:41 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2015, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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.

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 Sep 2, 4:22 PM CDT, 13 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 4:22 PM CDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 12:42 PM CDT, 16 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1242 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2015

WIZ014>016-023>028-031745-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1242 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
TO SHIFT EAST OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RATES MAY AT TIMES
EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR...POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-031745-
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-
1242 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

BORGHOFF

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2015Dense Fog Advisories in Wisconsin, 2015Every 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.