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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 1, 2013, 1:38 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2013, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
521 WHUS44 KMOB 011738 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1238 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-020145- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0009.130501T1738Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1238 PM CDT WED MAY 1 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...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
5 follow-up statements
813 WHUS44 KMOB 020154 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 854 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 854 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$
154 WHUS44 KMOB 020505 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE AREA BEACHES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1205 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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
724 WHUS44 KMOB 021004 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 504 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA THROUGH 7 PM CDT... .STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER COASTAL ALABAMA. ALZ063-064-021815- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0002.130502T1004Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 504 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL ALABAMA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS RESULTING IN TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY AFFECT COASTAL ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CAUSEWAY ALONG MOBILE BAY...THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...STATE ROAD 193 NORTH OF THE DAUPHIN ISLAND BRIDGE...AND THE FOOT OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE ON STATE ROAD 163. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. $$ FLZ002-004-006-021815- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 504 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
089 WHUS44 KMOB 021803 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 103 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY CANCELLED... .STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-030215- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- 103 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY CANCELLED... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY AFFECT COASTAL ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CAUSEWAY ALONG MOBILE BAY...THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND... STATE ROAD 193 NORTH OF THE DAUPHIN ISLAND BRIDGE...AND THE FOOT OF THE DOG RIVER BRIDGE ON STATE ROAD 163. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$ FLZ002-004-006-030215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- 103 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
105 WHUS44 KMOB 030251 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 951 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-030500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-130503T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 951 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BE WATCHFUL FOR BREAKS IN THE SURF LINE WHERE AN INCREASING RIP CURRENT RISK MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 24 hr | |
| May 1, 6:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 38 hr | |
| May 1, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| May 1, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| May 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| May 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
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Sources
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