Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Sep 18, 2012, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)

Expired

Sep 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

337 
WHUS44 KMOB 181602
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1102 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVER AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW HAS SET UP OVER ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-190000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.120918T1602Z-120919T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1102 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 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 THIS AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...A HIGH 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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