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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 26, 20179 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 26, 2017, 11:49 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 27, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2017, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 23 counties

Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 26, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	16 days
Mar 27, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	9 days

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in North Dakota, 2017 Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2017 Every dense fog advisory in 2017

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.