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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WHUS44 KMOB 171925 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 225 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE MARINE AREA AND ALONG THE GULF BEACHES TODAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED CHANCE OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180330- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0005.130417T1925Z-130419T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 225 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 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 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
819 WHUS44 KMOB 180330 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1030 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A STRONG ONSHORE WIND OVER THE GULF AND ALONG THE BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-181130- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1030 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. BE WATCHFUL ALSO FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
479 WHUS44 KMOB 181057 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 557 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG ONSHORE WIND OVER THE GULF AND ALONG THE BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-182215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130419T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 557 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY 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 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.