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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 27, 2025, 10:04 PM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 28, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2025, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2025, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 34 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Aug 27, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 254 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 MNZ041>045-047>053-055-059>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-282000- Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Swift-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka- Ramsey-Washington-Dakota-Goodhue-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix- Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- 254 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...east central Minnesota...southeast Minnesota...west central Minnesota...northwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few thunderstorms are possible today over central and eastern Minnesota into western Wisconsin today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed. MNZ054-056>058-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-282000- Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 254 PM CDT Wed Aug 27 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota... southwest Minnesota and west central Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few thunderstorms are possible this evening across southwestern and southern Minnesota. An isolated strong to severe storm is possible capable of producing large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed. Dunleavy
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes 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.