Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Mobile, AL

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CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
300 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO AREA BEACHES BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF
DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...

.ALTHOUGH HURRICANE INGRID IS SOME 750 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST...LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THE STORM IS FORECAST
TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY. THIS WILL
MAKE FOR A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ON
MONDAY. INGRID IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE MEXICAN GULF
COAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-161600-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-130917T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
300 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SWELL AND A SPRING 
  TIDAL CYCLE BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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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CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
932 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...LONG PERIOD SWELL ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM INGRID LOCATED
ALONG THE EAST COAST OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO DANGEROUS
RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. INGRID WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY INLAND OVER MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SWELL
HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY EARLY TUESDAY.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-170015-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-130917T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
932 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SWELL AND A SPRING 
  TIDAL CYCLE BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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

920 
WHUS44 KMOB 162335
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
635 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...LONG PERIOD SWELL ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.ALTHOUGH INGRID HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF EASTERN MEXICO...LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM THE
STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. DANGEROUS AND
POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY ALONG AREA
BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SWELL WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY
EARLY TUESDAY.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-170600-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-130917T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
635 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SWELL AND A SPRING TIDAL
  CYCLE WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
  RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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