Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

May 28, 2013, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)

In effect from

May 28, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

May 29, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

18 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

757 
WHUS44 KMOB 281052
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
552 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY...

.AN INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES WILL RESULT
IN AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-281900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0010.130528T1200Z-130529T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
552 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING
  RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR.

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.

&&

$$


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

144 
WHUS44 KMOB 282041
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
341 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY...

.AN INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES WILL
RESULT IN AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-290600-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130529T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
341 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
  THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN 
  INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. 

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.

&&

$$


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

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