Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 14, 2013, 5:48 AM EST (10:48 UTC)

Expired

Dec 15, 2013, 1:00 AM EST

In force

19 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

000 
WHUS44 KMOB 141048
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
448 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-142200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0027.131214T1048Z-131215T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
448 AM CST SAT DEC 14 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 THIS 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. 
 
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

000 
WHUS44 KMOB 142116
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
316 PM CST SAT DEC 14 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150600-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-131215T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
316 PM CST SAT DEC 14 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 EXISTS 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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