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Dense Fog Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL

January 18, 20179 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 18, 2017, 2:27 PM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2017, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 19, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe 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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 Jan 18, 12:11 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 12:11 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 1:37 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB21 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2017Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 2017Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2017Every dense fog advisory in 2017

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.