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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Columbia, SC

December 21, 201616 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 21, 2016, 8:40 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 21, 2016, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2016, 8:40 AM EST (13:40 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 21, 2016, 11:47 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 3:35 AM ESTFreezing Fog AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more5 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in South Carolina, 2016Dense Fog Advisories in Georgia, 2016Every dense fog advisory in 2016

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.