Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jul 20, 2013, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

381 
WHUS44 KMOB 201659
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1159 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013

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

.PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES TODAY...AND ROUGH SURF AND MORE
NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED TODAY. THE RIP CURRENT
RISK FOR THOSE BEACHES HAS BEEN RAISED FROM MODERATE TO HIGH.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-210100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0015.130720T1700Z-130721T0200Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1159 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW AND A ROUGH
  SURF AND ONSHORE SWELL WILL MAINTAIN FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF
  LINE WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST.

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

146 
WHUS44 KMOB 210020
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

.A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. MORE NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE
GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-210200-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130721T0200Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
720 PM CDT SAT JUL 20 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW AND A ROUGH
  SURF AND ONSHORE SWELL WILL MAINTAIN FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL
  FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY
  EXIST.

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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