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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2013, 11:59 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2013, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WHUS44 KMOB 051559 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1059 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SWELL FROM A SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.130605T1559Z-130606T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1059 AM CDT WED JUN 5 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...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
5 follow-up statements
580 WHUS44 KMOB 051609 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1109 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SWELL FROM A SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060015- /O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.130605T1609Z-130606T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130606T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1109 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...A ROUGH SURF WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES. * TIMING...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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
000 WHUS44 KMOB 052041 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SWELL FROM A SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060445- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130606T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130606T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 341 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...A ROUGH SURF WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES. * TIMING...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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
692 WHUS44 KMOB 060403 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1103 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .INCREASING SWELL AND EASTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ANDREA IN THE EAST CENTRAL GULF WILL CREATE HIGH AND ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG ROADS NEAR SEA LEVEL ON BARRIER ISLANDS...PARTICULARLY AT THE TIME LEADING UP TO HIGH TIDE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-061200- /O.EXT.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1103 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...A ROUGH SURF WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES...POTENTIALLY BUILDING HIGHER THURSDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE INCREASING WIND...SWELL...AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
845 WHUS44 KMOB 061004 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 504 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM ANDREA...CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA...WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWARD FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA ON FRIDAY. WHILE WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING...SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH ANDREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG ROADS NEAR SEA LEVEL ON BARRIER ISLANDS...PARTICULARLY THIS MORNING DURING HIGH TIDE. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-061815- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 504 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...A ROUGH SURF WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES...POTENTIALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE INCREASING WIND...SWELL...AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
925 WHUS44 KMOB 061606 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1106 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL STORM ANDREA...OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF...ACCELERATES NORTHEASTWARD...MAKING LANDFALL ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND LATER TODAY. WHILE WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING...SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH ANDREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-070000- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-130607T0100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1106 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...A ROUGH SURF WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES... POTENTIALLY HIGHER AT TIMES. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE INCREASING WIND...SWELL...AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 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 DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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 5, 12:09 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 33 hr |
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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.