Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Dec 28, 2013, 1:17 PM EST (18:17 UTC)

Expired

Dec 28, 2013, 11:31 PM EST

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

520 
WHUS44 KMOB 281817
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1217 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE COAST IS PRODUCING
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. AS THE LOW
APPROACHES THE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF ACROSS THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...AS WELL AS THE BEACHES IN BALDWIN
COUNTY. THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF LIFE
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. 

ALZ064-FLZ002-004-006-290300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0004.131228T1817Z-131229T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0029.131228T1817Z-131229T0600Z/
LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1217 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* WAVES AND SURF...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND
  LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION DUE TO WAVE RUN UP. FORT PICKENS ROAD IN
  THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MAY BE AFFECTED BY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DUE
  TO THE WAVE RUN UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS SHIFT TO
  THE SOUTHEAST.

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

435 
WHUS44 KMOB 290431
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1031 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.SUBSIDING SEAS AND NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN A DECREASED
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...THUS THE HIGH SURF
ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH
THESE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

ALZ064-FLZ002-004-006-290545-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131229T0600Z/
/O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-131229T0600Z/
LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1031 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUBSIDING SEAS AND NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN A DECREASED
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...THUS THE HIGH SURF
ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

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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