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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2013, 8:42 AM CST. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2013, 8:42 AM CST (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2013, 4:11 PM CST
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547 WHUS44 KMOB 251442 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 842 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ......ROUGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY TONIGHT THEN SWITCH TO A NORTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-260100- /O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.131125T1442Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0026.131125T1442Z-131127T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 842 AM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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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993 WHUS44 KMOB 252349 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 549 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ......ROUGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY TONIGHT THEN SWITCH TO A NORTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-260800- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 549 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
299 WHUS44 KMOB 252355 CCA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...ROUGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY TONIGHT THEN SWITCH TO A NORTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-260815- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 555 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
388 WHUS44 KMOB 260248 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 848 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...ROUGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY... ...INCREASED TIDES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY TONIGHT THEN SWITCH TO A NORTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH SURF... ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-261100- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0003.131126T0248Z-131126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 848 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS THROUGH TUESDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES RANGING FROM 2 TO 2.5 FEET MAY CAUSE WAVE RUNUP AND MINOR FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOWER LYING LOCATIONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
591 WHUS44 KMOB 260941 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 341 AM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...ROUGH SURF LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...INCREASED TIDES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS SWITCHING TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER NEAR THE COAST AND CREATE ROUGH SURF...ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-261745- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131126T2100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 341 AM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES RANGING FROM 2 TO 2.5 FEET MAY CAUSE WAVE RUNUP AND MINOR FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOWER LYING LOCATIONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 7 FEET GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ELEVATED TIDES AND POTENTIAL MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ROUGH SURF CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
948 WHUS44 KMOB 261828 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...ROUGH SURF LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY LEADING TO A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-270300- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-131126T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ......HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...ROUGH SURF LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 7 FEET GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ROUGH SURF CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
541 WHUS44 KMOB 270217 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 817 PM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...ROUGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING... .STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. ROUGH SURF THIS EVENING SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-270600- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 817 PM CST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ROUGH SURF CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
560 WHUS44 KMOB 270604 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1204 AM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-271400- /O.EXP.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131127T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1204 AM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
888 WHUS44 KMOB 270925 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 325 AM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL WINDS AND SURF SUBSIDE. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-271730- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 325 AM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. ROUGH SURF MAY RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
059 WHUS44 KMOB 272211 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 411 PM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...SETTLED SEAS AND ONLY MODERATE BREAKERS...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THANKSGIVING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-272315- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 411 PM CST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...SETTLED SEAS AND ONLY MODERATE BREAKERS...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THANKSGIVING. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 8:42 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 39 hr | |
| Nov 25, 3:40 PM CST | Gale Watch | MOB | 12 hr | |
| Nov 25, 3:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 62 hr |
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