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Dense Fog Advisory 4, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 2, 202138 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 2, 2021, 1:36 AM CST for 38 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2021, 1:36 AM CST (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
All 38 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 1, 5:35 PM CST, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 5:35 PM CST, 8 hours 1 minute before
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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.