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Dense Fog Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 4, 20159 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 4, 2015, 8:08 PM EST for 9 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2015, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2015, 11:06 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 Mar 4, 6:04 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:04 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 7:21 PM EST, 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 7:15 PM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
715 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ015>027-PAZ070-071-101>104-
106-050300-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN
715 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL SLOW TRAVEL THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS
MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE, DELAWARE, SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY. VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY
NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 10 PM AS RAIN INTENSIFIES
AND A NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND DEVELOPS.

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in New Jersey, 2015Dense Fog Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2015Dense Fog Advisories in Maryland, 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.