Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 23, 2013, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

175 
WHUS44 KMOB 231515
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2013

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

.DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES. WINDS WILL WEAKEN
THROUGH TODAY AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-232315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0007.130423T1515Z-130424T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1015 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS 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

172 
WHUS44 KMOB 232225
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES
THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...

.RED FLAGS ARE FLYING AT MANY LOCAL BEACHES TODAY...INDICATING A
HIGH RISK FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-240500-
/O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-130424T0500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
525 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.

* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
  REST OF THE DAY. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN
  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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