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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL

June 1, 2013

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 1, 2013, 11:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2013, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 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.

491 
WHUS44 KMOB 011555
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1055 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.A MOSTLY MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT AN INCREASED
DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-020000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.130601T1555Z-130602T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1055 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...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...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 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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Sources

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