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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2014, 9:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2014, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 6:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 WHUS44 KMOB 011338 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 838 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .RELATIVE LONGER PERIOD SWELL AND AN INCREASING TIDAL RANGE HAS CREATED A HIGH RISK RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-012145- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0017.140901T1338Z-140902T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 838 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS UPDATES ARE RECEIVED FROM LOCAL LIFEGUARDS TODAY. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
673 WHUS44 KMOB 012018 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 318 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .RELATIVE LONGER PERIOD SWELL AND AN INCREASING TIDAL RANGE HAS CREATED A HIGH RISK RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-020430- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 318 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS UPDATES ARE RECEIVED FROM LOCAL LIFEGUARDS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
342 WHUS44 KMOB 020312 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1012 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .LONGER PERIOD SWELL AND AN INCREASING TIDAL RANGE WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1012 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE TONIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS UPDATES. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
451 WHUS44 KMOB 021040 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021145- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-140902T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 540 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ 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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