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Dense Fog Advisory 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 19, 201811 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 19, 2018, 4:22 AM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2018, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Aug 19, 2:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Iowa and 9 more	41 hr
Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	59 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Wisconsin, 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.