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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 201916 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 13, 2019, 2:51 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2019, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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 12, 11:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 11:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley and 2 more2 hr
Aug 13, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi25 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet37 min
Aug 13, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns30 min
Aug 13, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca38 min
Aug 13, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur19 min
Aug 13, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca17 min
Aug 13, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca25 min
Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca37 min
Aug 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca25 min
Aug 13, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele, Waseca30 min
Aug 13, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin41 min
Aug 13, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele32 min
Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington50 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue32 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington21 min
Aug 13, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington3 hr
Aug 13, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue29 min
Aug 13, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue20 min
Aug 13, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce55 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Minnesota, 2019Every dense fog advisory in 2019

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.