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NWS Issues Dense Fog Advisory for South Alabama Through 11 a.m. Thursday

Drivers should expect visibility to fall to a quarter-mile or less in affected areas.

Overview

  • The advisory, issued at 10:02 p.m. Wednesday, covers Choctaw, Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington, Mobile and Baldwin counties until 11 a.m. Thursday.
  • Forecasters warn that low visibility will create hazardous travel conditions, urging motorists to slow down, use headlights and leave extra following distance.
  • Safety guidance emphasizes low-beam headlights and fog lights if available, avoiding high-beams, using lane markings to stay centered and pulling off safely with hazard lights if visibility nears zero.
  • The fog is described as patchy, with rapid changes in visibility possible over short distances.
  • Earlier alerts covered central Alabama from midnight to 9 a.m. Wednesday for multiple counties and Hillsdale County, Michigan until about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.