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Dense Fog Advisory 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 27, 201516 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 3:00 AM EST for 16 counties in New Jersey; 10 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2015, 9:25 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

All 31 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, 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 Dec 26, 9:52 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 9:52 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:26 PM EST, 10 hours 34 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
Dec 27, 3:00 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		6 hr
Dec 27, 3:23 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	44 hr
Dec 27, 3:35 PM EST	Gale Watch	PHI		13 hr

Nearby

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