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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 13, 2014, 5:53 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2014, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WHUS44 KMOB 131053 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 553 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-131900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0005.140413T1053Z-140415T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 553 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
7 follow-up statements
530 WHUS44 KMOB 132009 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 309 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-140600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 309 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
705 WHUS44 KMOB 140508 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1208 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-141315- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140415T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1208 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
046 WHUS44 KMOB 140912 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 412 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-141800- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140416T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 412 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
664 WHUS44 KMOB 141749 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1249 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-150300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140416T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1249 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
058 WHUS44 KMOB 150425 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1125 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-151230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140416T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1125 PM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
622 WHUS44 KMOB 151132 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 632 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-151945- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140416T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 632 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
310 WHUS44 KMOB 151836 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 136 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-160000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140416T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 136 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 35 hr |
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Sources
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