Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Sep 8, 2012, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)

Expired

Sep 8, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

325 
WHUS44 KMOB 081633
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1133 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...

.SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SURF TO BUILD ALONG WITH
AN INCREASED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. 

FLZ004-006-090000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.120908T1633Z-120909T0000Z/
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1133 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...THE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$

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