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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 14, 2013, 5:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2013, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 10:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 WHUS44 KMOB 141045 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-141845- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0003.130414T1045Z-130415T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 545 AM CDT SUN APR 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...THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. BE WATCHFUL ALSO FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. 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 SANDBARS 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
556 WHUS44 KMOB 141404 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 904 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-142215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130415T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 904 AM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. BE WATCHFUL ALSO FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
558 WHUS44 KMOB 142013 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 313 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND HIGH SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150415- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130415T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 313 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. BE WATCHFUL ALSO FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. 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 SANDBARS 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
846 WHUS44 KMOB 150333 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1033 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150445- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130415T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1033 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Apr 14, 10:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 days |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 days |
| Apr 14, 11:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Apr 14, 11:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Apr 14, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Apr 14, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Apr 14, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 114 min |
| Apr 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Apr 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 9 hr |
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Sources
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