Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 19, 2013, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

015 
WHUS44 KMOB 191120
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
620 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES TODAY...

.A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST NEAR THE BEACHES OF SOUTHERN
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE A COLD
FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. GIVEN THE
RECENT PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW...THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN HIGH THROUGH TODAY. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-192000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0006.130419T1120Z-130420T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
620 AM CDT FRI APR 19 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 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

999 
WHUS44 KMOB 192038
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
338 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

.DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED
OFFSHORE IN THE WAKE OF A FRONT...AND SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY IMPROVE TONIGHT. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-200000-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130420T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
338 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
  EARLY 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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