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Dense Fog Advisory 32, NWS Mobile, AL

December 3, 202112 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 3, 2021, 2:16 PM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 4, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2021, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 4, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 4, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington 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, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 Dec 3, 1:49 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 1:49 PM CST, 27 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
Dec 2, 8:38 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 2, 8:39 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		12 hr
Dec 3, 2:17 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		19 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.