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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Nov 4, 2013, 4:57 AM EST. It took effect at Nov 4, 2013, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2013, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WHUS44 KMOB 040957 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 AM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...STRETCHING ALONG THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY...WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES. THE WELL DEFINED EASTERLIES COMBINED WITH TIDAL CYCLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE TO TREND HIGHER THROUGH TUESDAY...SUGGESTS THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-041800- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0023.131104T1700Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 357 AM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 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
7 follow-up statements
757 WHUS44 KMOB 041042 CCA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 440 AM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TUESDAY... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...STRETCHING ALONG THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY...WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES. THE WELL DEFINED EASTERLIES COMBINED WITH TIDAL CYCLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE TO TREND HIGHER THROUGH TUESDAY...SUGGESTS THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-041900- /O.COR.KMOB.RP.S.0023.131104T1700Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 440 AM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...11 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 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
846 WHUS44 KMOB 041919 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 119 PM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...STRETCHING ALONG THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY...WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES. THE WELL DEFINED EASTERLIES COMBINED WITH TIDAL CYCLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE TO TREND HIGHER THROUGH TUESDAY...SUGGESTS THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...POTENTIALLY DEADLY...RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-050330- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 119 PM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
190 WHUS44 KMOB 050353 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 953 PM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...STRETCHING ALONG THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY...WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES. THE WELL DEFINED EASTERLIES COMBINED WITH TIDAL CYCLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE TO TREND HIGHER THROUGH TUESDAY...SUGGESTS THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...POTENTIALLY DEADLY...RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-051200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 953 PM CST MON NOV 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
363 WHUS44 KMOB 051035 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 435 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE RANGE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...POTENTIALLY DEADLY...RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-051800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 435 AM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
684 WHUS44 KMOB 051930 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG MAINLY EAST WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE RANGE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...POTENTIALLY DEADLY...RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060330- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 130 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
157 WHUS44 KMOB 052338 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 538 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING A MODERATE TO STRONG MAINLY EAST WIND FLOW ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A LARGE RANGE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS...POTENTIALLY DEADLY...RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 538 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
395 WHUS44 KMOB 060554 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1154 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060700- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-131106T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1154 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... $$ 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.