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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 8, 2012, 8:56 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2012, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WHUS44 KMOB 090056 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 756 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2012 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE... ..THE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-091200- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0006.120609T0056Z-120610T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 756 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 700 PM CDT SATURDAY. * 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
340 WHUS44 KMOB 091034 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 534 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... ..THE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-100000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120610T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 534 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 9, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 37 hr | |
| Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Jun 9, 8:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Jun 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Jun 9, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
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Sources
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