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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL

October 20, 20185 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Oct 20, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 20, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 Oct 20, 12:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 12:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 2:58 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB34 hr
Oct 20, 4:59 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB4 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2018Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2018Every dense fog advisory in 2018

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.