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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2014, 10:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2014, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
421 WHUS44 KMOB 171540 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1040 AM CDT THU APR 17 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IS CREATING AN INCREASED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-172345- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0006.140417T1540Z-140418T1500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1040 AM CDT THU APR 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...REST OF TODAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * 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... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
902 WHUS44 KMOB 180012 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 712 PM CDT THU APR 17 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AN INCREASED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180815- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140419T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 712 PM CDT THU APR 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...REST OF TODAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
772 WHUS44 KMOB 180719 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 219 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AN INCREASED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-190000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140419T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 219 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY 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... 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 25 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 6 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.