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Dense Fog Advisory 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

November 14, 20179 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Nov 14, 2017, 1:40 AM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 14, 2017, 1:40 AM CST (07:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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 Nov 13, 9:26 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 9:26 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes 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
Nov 14, 9:00 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 14, 3:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Freeborn, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 12 more	9 hr

Nearby

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.