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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 16, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WHUS44 KMOB 161946 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-170400- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0017.130817T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 246 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SUNRISE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS... ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS AN ONSHORE SWELL WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IN PLACE ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
8 follow-up statements
395 WHUS44 KMOB 170408 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1108 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-171215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1108 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...SUNRISE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS... ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS AN ONSHORE SWELL WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IN PLACE ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
335 WHUS44 KMOB 171027 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 527 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THIS WEEKEND... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 527 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS... ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS AN ONSHORE SWELL WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IN PLACE ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
986 WHUS44 KMOB 172359 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 659 PM CDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 659 PM CDT SAT AUG 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS AND ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS SWELL MOVING ONSHORE...WILL BRING A RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
630 WHUS44 KMOB 180900 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY... .A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-181700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 400 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS AND ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS SWELL MOVING ONSHORE...WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
382 WHUS44 KMOB 181711 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1211 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH INCREASED SURF TO AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-190300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130819T0300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1211 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS AND ROUGH SURF...AS WELL AS SWELL MOVING ONSHORE...WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
006 WHUS44 KMOB 190038 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY... .A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE WEAKENING OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...BUT SURF AND SWELL WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE...AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-190845- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130820T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 738 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A SUBSIDING ONSHORE WIND FLOW...AND SLOWLY SUBSIDING ROUGH SURF AND ONSHORE SWELL...WILL LIKELY BRING A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
396 WHUS44 KMOB 190809 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 309 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ALTHOUGH THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE LIGHT...SLOW TO SUBSIDE SWELL AND A SPRING TIDAL CYCLE WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-191700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130820T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 309 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW...SLOWLY SUBSIDING ROUGH SURF AND ONSHORE SWELL...AND A SPRING TIDAL CYCLE WILL LIKELY BRING A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
611 WHUS44 KMOB 191655 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1155 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ALTHOUGH THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE LIGHT...SLOW TO SUBSIDE SWELL AND A SPRING TIDAL CYCLE WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-200000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-130820T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1155 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW...SLOWLY SUBSIDING ROUGH SURF AND ONSHORE SWELL...AND A SPRING TIDAL CYCLE WILL LIKELY BRING A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 58 hr | |
| Aug 16, 7:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min |
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Sources
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