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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 8, 202123 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this dense fog advisory at Apr 8, 2021, 5:40 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2021, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2021, 9:05 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

All 23 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Medina County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Apr 8, 4:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:52 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 1:35 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano and 4 more	15 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Texas, 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.