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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 15, 201728 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 15, 2017, 2:49 AM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2017, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 32 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Aug 14, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2017 Dense Fog Advisories in Wisconsin, 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.