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Dense Fog Advisory 18, NWS Columbia, SC

December 10, 202113 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 10, 2021, 7:35 PM EST for 13 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2021, 7:35 PM EST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 11, 2021, 8:58 AM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 Dec 10, 6:43 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 6:43 PM EST, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:49 AM EST, 14 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 4:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	36 min
Dec 11, 5:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	43 min
Dec 11, 5:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	48 min
Dec 11, 5:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	45 min
Dec 11, 5:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	52 min
Dec 11, 6:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington, Richland	48 min

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in South Carolina, 2021 Dense Fog Advisories in Georgia, 2021 Every 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.