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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Nov 1, 2013, 12:15 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2013, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
014 WHUS44 KMOB 011615 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1115 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-020400- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0022.131101T1615Z-131102T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1115 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
819 WHUS44 KMOB 020444 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1144 PM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-131102T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1144 PM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.