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Dense Fog Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 201612 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 1, 2016, 2:01 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2016, 2:01 AM CST (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Feb 29, 11:57 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 11:57 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 4:48 AM CST, 21 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
448 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-011100-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
448 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY BECOMING DENSE AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE ARE SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS
SYSTEM...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-011100-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
448 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY BECOMING DENSE AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MARINE
AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AHEAD OF THE
FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE AT TIMES...CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF
THE FRONT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT MOSTLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WAKE OF
A SECOND FRONT LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 2:39 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB30 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2016Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 2016Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2016Every dense fog advisory in 2016

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.