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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Dec 22, 2013, 5:14 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2013, 5:14 AM CST (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WHUS44 KMOB 221114 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 514 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...INCREASED SURF...AND HIGHER TIDAL RANGES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-221900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0028.131222T1114Z-131223T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 514 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
224 WHUS44 KMOB 221813 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...INCREASED SURF...AND HIGHER TIDAL RANGES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-230000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-131223T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1213 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS EXISTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE...WHERE AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK MAY EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 4:10 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Washington | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Dec 22, 5:11 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 7:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 115 min |
| Dec 22, 7:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:36 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 54 min |
| Dec 21, 8:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 22 hr |
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Sources
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