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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL

February 8, 2017Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 8, 2017, 12:46 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 8, 2017, 12:53 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2017, 12:46 PM CST (18:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 8, 2017, 12:53 PM CST
Expired: Feb 8, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 Feb 8, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 10:52 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 5:43 AM CST, 7 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 8, 11:20 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1120 AM CST WED FEB 08 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0133 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SATSUMA                 30.85N 88.06W
02/07/2017                   MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE SNAPPED IN PICTURE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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DJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 7, 6:10 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Feb 8, 2:33 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		7 hr
Feb 8, 10:17 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		11 hr
Feb 8, 3:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		26 hr
Feb 7, 6:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	47 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.