Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 24, 2013, 11:48 AM EDT (15:48 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

509 
WHUS44 KMOB 241548
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1048 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY...

.AREA LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH PATROLS ARE REPORTING RED FLAG SURF
CONDITIONS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-250500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0001.130324T1548Z-130325T0500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1048 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF
  LIFE THREATENING 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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