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Dense Fog Advisory 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 27, 202112 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 AM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 AM EDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Mar 27, 6:27 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:27 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 4:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:02 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 9:01 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		5 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		11 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		54 hr
Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones, Onslow	24 min
Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	70 min
Mar 27, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	47 min
Mar 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt	81 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	63 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	48 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	43 min
Mar 27, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
Mar 27, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
Mar 27, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	76 min
Mar 27, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	67 min

Nearby

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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.