Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 4, 2014, 11:12 AM EDT (15:12 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

936 
WHUS44 KMOB 041512
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1012 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEACHES
OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

.SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE BEACHES ALONG WITH SURF OF 2 TO 3 FEET AND
INCOMING SWELL HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY ALONG
THE BEACHES. 

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-042300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0003.140404T1512Z-140405T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
1012 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

859 
WHUS44 KMOB 042251
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
551 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

.ONSHORE WINDS ALONG WITH SURF OF 2 TO 3 FEET AND INCOMING SWELL HAS
RESULTED IN INCREASED RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY ALONG THE BEACHES.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-050500-
/O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140405T0500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
551 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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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