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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2014, 5:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2014, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431 WHUS44 KMOB 131037 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 537 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW... CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-131845- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0011.140513T1037Z-140514T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 537 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
6 follow-up statements
552 WHUS44 KMOB 131541 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1041 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW... CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-140100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140514T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1041 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
287 WHUS44 KMOB 140057 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW... CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-140900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140514T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
830 WHUS44 KMOB 140837 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 337 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT LATE TONIGHT...AND THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE GOING INTO THURSDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-141645- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140515T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 337 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
992 WHUS44 KMOB 141605 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1105 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND TODAY AND THIS EVENING...CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT...AND THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THURSDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140515T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1105 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
600 WHUS44 KMOB 150130 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 830 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND THIS EVENING...CONTINUED SOUTHERLY SWELL AND INCREASED TIDAL RANGES WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT... AND THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THURSDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150930- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140515T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 830 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
994 WHUS44 KMOB 150938 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 438 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY... .WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST BUT RESIDUAL EFFECTS FROM THE PERSISTENT MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS MORNING. BY THIS AFTERNOON THE AFFECTS OFFSHORE WIND FLOW WILL BECOME MORE DOMINANT AND SEAS WILL BE SUBSIDING AND THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-151745- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140515T1800Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 438 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2014Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.