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High Surf Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL

April 2, 2025Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this high surf advisory at Apr 2, 2025, 1:55 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 2, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2025, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Apr 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:53 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile12 hr
Apr 1, 9:02 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB12 hr
Apr 2, 2:37 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more18 hr
Apr 2, 3:28 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile15 hr

Nearby

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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.