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Dense Fog Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 23, 201819 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 23, 2018, 9:05 PM CST for 19 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2018, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

All 28 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Feb 23, 5:46 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 5:46 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 9:42 AM CST, 11 hours 23 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
942 AM CST Fri Feb 23 2018

MNZ043>045-049>053-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-241545-
Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stearns-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-
Chisago-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-
Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-
Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-
Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-
Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
942 AM CST Fri Feb 23 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Confidence remains high that a band of 6 to 9 inches will fall
across southern and eastern Minnesota into western Wisconsin, but
the exact location of this band is still uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054-055-241545-
Douglas-Todd-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-
942 AM CST Fri Feb 23 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Minnesota and west central Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A few inches of snow are possible Saturday and Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

Borghoff

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2018 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.