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Dense Fog Advisory 21, NWS Memphis, TN

September 28, 201820 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this dense fog advisory at Sep 28, 2018, 9:06 AM CDT for 20 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2018, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 28, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 27 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Sep 27, 6:11 PM CDT, 14 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 6:11 PM CDT, 14 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 28, 2:05 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more	7 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Tennessee, 2018 Dense Fog Advisories in Arkansas, 2018 Every dense fog advisory in 2018

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.