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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 21, 20168 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Apr 21, 2016, 4:14 AM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2016, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense fog advisory went out at Apr 21, 12:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 12:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 5:57 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB2 hr
Apr 21, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington56 min
Apr 21, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke60 min

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.