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Dense Fog Advisory 15, NWS Mobile, AL

March 12, 20218 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Mar 12, 2021, 2:47 PM CST for 8 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 13, 2021, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2021, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2021, 2:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 Mar 12, 12:07 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:07 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 1:48 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	7 hr
Mar 12, 1:49 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		7 hr
Mar 12, 3:08 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		21 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alabama, 2021 Dense Fog Advisories in Mississippi, 2021 Dense Fog Advisories in Florida, 2021 Every dense fog advisory in 2021

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.