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Dense Fog Advisory 11, NWS Columbia, SC

March 27, 20215 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 27, 2021, 6:32 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2021, 6:32 AM EDT (10:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Chesterfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 27, 6:10 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:10 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 9:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEChesterfield, Marlboro60 hr
Mar 27, 9:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCAEGreenwood, Newberry, Saluda61 hr
Mar 27, 2:40 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 11 more36 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in South Carolina, 2021Every dense fog advisory in 2021

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.