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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Mar 27, 2014, 4:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2014, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WHUS44 KMOB 270848 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 348 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY... .A DEVELOPING STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-271700- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0001.140327T1400Z-140328T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.140327T1700Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0002.140327T0848Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 348 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO AROUND 5 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH SURF DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. THE FORT PICKENS AREA COULD SEE SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$ ALZ061-062-271000- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0001.140327T1400Z-140328T0600Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 348 AM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT... ANY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE ISOLATED AND CONFINED PRIMARILY TO LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE GULF COAST. $$ 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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858 WHUS44 KMOB 271701 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1201 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY... .A DEVELOPING STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-280100- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1201 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO AROUND 5 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH SURF DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. THE FORT PICKENS AREA COULD SEE SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
132 WHUS44 KMOB 272338 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 638 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY... .A DEVELOPING STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-280800- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 638 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO AROUND 5 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. HIGH SURF CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. THE FORT PICKENS AREA COULD SEE SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
551 WHUS44 KMOB 280755 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 255 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF PERSISTING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-281700- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 255 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 5 FEET...ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
344 WHUS44 KMOB 281626 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1126 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF PERSISTING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-290030- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1126 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 5 FEET...ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
004 WHUS44 KMOB 290022 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 722 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A PERSISTENT STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF PERSISTING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-290500- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 722 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 5 FEET...ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
481 WHUS44 KMOB 290224 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 924 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A PERSISTENT STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL ALSO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-291100- /O.EXT.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140329T1400Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 924 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 5 FEET...ESPECIALLY FROM BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR AREA SWIMMERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGH SURF COULD ALSO RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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
393 WHUS44 KMOB 290842 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A RESIDUAL INCOMING SWELL COMBINED WITH INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-291700- /O.CAN.KMOB.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140329T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140330T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
372 WHUS44 KMOB 291825 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 125 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A RESIDUAL INCOMING SWELL COMBINED WITH INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-300230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140330T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 125 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
751 WHUS44 KMOB 300220 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 920 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A RESIDUAL INCOMING SWELL COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-300500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140330T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 920 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN 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
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:48 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 48 hr | |
| Mar 27, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 7 days |
| Mar 27, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 7 days |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.