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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 20, 2017, 2:23 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 20, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2017, 2:23 PM CST (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 Jan 20, 12:59 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:59 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 6:42 AM CST, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 642 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211245- 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- 642 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES GENERALLY EAST OF I-65 IN ALABAMA AND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ANY STORMS TODAY ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT...AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING MOST LIKELY AFTER 3 AM...WHERE THERE IS A PREDICTED SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. SOME STORMS LATE TONIGHT OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEST OF I-65 MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. THESE AREAS ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK INCREASES TO ENHANCED OVER THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY SATURDAY...WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION REMAINING UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR SUPPORTING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE SEVERE THREAT DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT LATE IN THE DAY...BUT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AND SOME OF THOSE COULD ALSO BECOME STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE SUNDAY...ENDING THE SEVERE THREAT. WITH THE UNSETTLED PATTERN PERSISTING THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG LOCAL BEACHES WILL INCREASE TO A HIGH RISK THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-211245- 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- 642 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MARINE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND RESULTANT LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. A STRONG WESTERLY WIND FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FINAL ROUND OF STORMS LATE SUNDAY...WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND GALE CONDITIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 18 min |
| Jan 19, 6:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 6:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jan 19, 6:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Jan 19, 7:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 55 min |
| Jan 19, 7:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Jan 19, 8:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Jan 19, 8:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 9:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jan 19, 10:00 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Jan 20, 10:40 AM CST | Gale Watch | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Jan 20, 10:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Jan 20, 2:28 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Jan 19, 9:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 min |
Nearby
Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2017Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2017Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 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.