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Dense Fog Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL

February 21, 2019Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 21, 2019, 2:39 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2019, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
In force
21 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 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 21, 11:59 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 11:59 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 5:59 AM CST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-221200-
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-
Okaloosa Coastal-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and
northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   High Rip Current Risk.
   Dense Fog Advisory.

A high risk of rip currents will continue along the Alabama and
western Florida panhandle beaches Today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of fog, some locally dense, may develop over portions of the
region each night through the end of the week.

Another round of strong to marginally severe storms will be
possible across southeast Mississippi and interior southwest
Alabama Saturday through Sunday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ALZ056-059-060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ078-079-221200-
Conecuh-Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-
Mobile Central-Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-
Okaloosa Inland-Stone-George-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama,
southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Dense Fog Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of fog, some locally dense, may develop over portions of the
region each night through the end of the week.

Another round of strong to marginally severe storms will be
possible across southeast Mississippi and interior southwest
Alabama Saturday through Sunday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ALZ051>055-057-058-MSZ067-075-076-221200-
Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Butler-Crenshaw-Wayne-Perry-
Greene-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama,
southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No Hazardous weather expected though scattered thunderstorms will be
possible today through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of fog, some locally dense, may develop over portions of the
region each night through the end of the week.

Another round of strong to marginally severe storms will be
possible across southeast Mississippi and interior southwest
Alabama Saturday through Sunday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GMZ630>632-221200-
Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Dense Fog Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of marine fog may reduce the visibility to less than one
nautical mile at times through the end of the week.

Strong storms will be possible along a cold front Saturday into
Sunday morning

GMZ633>636-650-655-221200-
Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay-
Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL
out 20 NM-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Dense Fog Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of marine fog may reduce the visibility to less than one
nautical mile at times through the end of the week.

Strong storms will be possible along a cold front Saturday into
Sunday morning

GMZ670-675-221200-
Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from
20 to 60 NM-
559 AM CST Thu Feb 21 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No Hazardous weather expected though scattered thunderstorms will be
possible today through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Areas of marine fog may reduce the visibility to less than one
nautical mile at times through the end of the week.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 9:09 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB65 hr
Feb 21, 9:11 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Feb 21, 10:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox15 days
Feb 21, 10:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox19 days
Feb 21, 10:13 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry21 days

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2019Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2019Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 2019Every dense fog advisory in 2019

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.