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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Oct 10, 2011, 6:33 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 10, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2011, 6:33 AM EDT (10:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890 WHUS44 KMOB 101033 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 533 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-101845- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.111010T1200Z-111011T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 533 AM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...A STRONG EASTERLY WIND WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON EAST OR SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
620 WHUS44 KMOB 101710 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1210 PM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-110000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-111011T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1210 PM CDT MON OCT 10 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...A STRONG EASTERLY WIND WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON EAST OR SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
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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.