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Dense Fog Advisory 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 28, 202113 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 28, 2021, 12:28 AM EST for 13 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2021, 12:28 AM EST (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 27, 9:14 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 9:14 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 9:17 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Virginia, 2021 Dense Fog Advisories in West Virginia, 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.