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Dense Fog Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA

March 1, 202120 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 1, 2021, 2:33 AM EST for 20 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2021, 2:33 AM EST (07:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2021, 7:19 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 1, 12:50 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 12:50 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 8:38 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 1:38 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford5 hr
Mar 1, 3:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 26 more23 hr
Mar 1, 8:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPSomerset6 hr
Mar 1, 4:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPElk, McKean, Warren54 min
Mar 1, 5:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Elk, Potter43 min
Mar 1, 5:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron32 min
Mar 1, 6:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield23 min
Mar 1, 6:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre34 min

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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.