Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Nov 17, 2013, 4:02 AM CST (10:02 UTC)

Expired

Nov 17, 2013, 4:00 PM CST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

956 
WHUS44 KMOB 171002
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
402 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY...

.A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE EASTERN SEABOARD TO
THE GULF COAST REGION WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED MODERATE
SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW TONIGHT. THESE WIND SPEEDS...COMBINED
WITH TIDAL RANGES AND SWELL...WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-171815-
/O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-131117T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0025.131117T1002Z-131117T2200Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
402 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP 
  CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE 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

079 
WHUS44 KMOB 171643
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1043 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES TODAY...

.THE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW CONTINUES TO DECREASE...BUT SURF BREAKERS
WILL REMAIN MODERATE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS ARE
RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP
CURRENTS.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-172200-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-131117T2200Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1043 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP 
  CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE 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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