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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 11, 2013, 4:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
916 WHUS44 KMOB 110847 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 347 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS TODAY ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-112115- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0002.130411T0847Z-130412T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 347 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
077 WHUS44 KMOB 112055 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 355 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-120500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130412T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 355 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:49 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Apr 11, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 11, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min |
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Sources
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