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Dense Fog Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 17, 201621 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Oct 17, 2016, 5:31 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2016, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 21 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 Oct 17, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 3:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 2:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Oct 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	30 min
Oct 17, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	38 min
Oct 17, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	33 min
Oct 17, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	15 min
Oct 17, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	63 min
Oct 17, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	31 min
Oct 17, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix	52 min
Oct 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	37 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2016 Every 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.