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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2013, 4:42 AM EDT. It took effect at May 29, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254 WHUS44 KMOB 290842 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 342 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-291645- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0011.130529T1200Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 342 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
7 follow-up statements
939 WHUS44 KMOB 291643 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1143 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-300045- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1143 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
232 WHUS44 KMOB 300018 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 718 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-300830- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 718 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
268 WHUS44 KMOB 300848 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 348 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-301700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 348 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
229 WHUS44 KMOB 301459 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 959 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-310000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 959 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
463 WHUS44 KMOB 310014 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 714 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-310800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 714 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
324 WHUS44 KMOB 310653 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 153 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-311800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 153 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
239 WHUS44 KMOB 311642 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1142 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-010000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1142 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 54 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.