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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 2012

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 7, 2012, 11:42 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2012, 11:42 AM EDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

193 
WHUS44 KMOB 071542
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1042 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2012

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS TODAY...

.THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH RISK TODAY ALONG
THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES BASED ON REPORTS FROM LOCAL
BEACH PATROLS. WHILE WINDS ARE NOT THAT HIGH...LONGER SOUTHERLY SWELL
WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE IMPACTING THE BEACHES. BEACH PATROLS HAVE
REPORTED THAT SOME RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED AND THAT RIP CURRENTS ARE
BEING OBSERVED.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-080000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.120607T1542Z-120608T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1042 AM CDT THU JUN 7 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...DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS LASTING THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND...WAVE...AND 
  TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD 
  DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO 
  ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		26 min

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