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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2014, 3:04 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 71 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 71 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
343 WHUS44 KMOB 280804 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTS IN A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES TO BEGIN THE WEEK. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY IS FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-281600- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0007.140428T1200Z-140430T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 304 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
9 follow-up statements
465 WHUS44 KMOB 281557 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1057 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-290000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140430T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1057 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
805 WHUS44 KMOB 282334 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 634 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-290745- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140430T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 634 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
120 WHUS44 KMOB 290507 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1207 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-291315- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140430T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1207 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
042 WHUS44 KMOB 291025 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 525 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-292100- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 525 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
906 WHUS44 KMOB 292014 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 314 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WITH THE RISK BEING HIGH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-300600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 314 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
227 WHUS44 KMOB 301206 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 706 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN HEIGHTENED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-302015- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0002.140430T1206Z-140501T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 706 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELL... * 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... 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. && $$ ALZ061-062-302015- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0002.140430T1206Z-140501T0500Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 706 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...STONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDE LEVELS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TODAY. * TIMING...HIGHEST IMPACT TIME WILL BE AT HIGH TIDE AROUND NOON TODAY. BUT TIDES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF THE CAUSEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN BAYOU LA BATRE AND THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND IN ALABAMA. TIDES MAY ALSO FLOOD THE COASTAL ROAD LEADING TO PICKENS STATE PARK IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA. OTHER LOW LYING COASTAL AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. $$ 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
752 WHUS44 KMOB 301301 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 801 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN HEIGHTENED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-302115- /O.CON.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 801 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELL... ...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDE LEVELS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TODAY. * TIMING...HIGHEST IMPACT DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE AT HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND NOON TODAY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF THE CAUSEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN BAYOU LA BATRE AND THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND IN ALABAMA. TIDES MAY ALSO FLOOD THE COASTAL ROAD LEADING TO PICKENS STATE PARK IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA. OTHER LOW LYING COASTAL AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. 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. && $$ ALZ061-062-302115- /O.CON.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 801 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDE LEVELS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TODAY. * TIMING...HIGHEST IMPACT TIME WILL BE AT HIGH TIDE AROUND NOON TODAY. BUT TIDES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF THE CAUSEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN BAYOU LA BATRE AND THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND IN ALABAMA. TIDES MAY ALSO FLOOD THE COASTAL ROAD LEADING TO PICKENS STATE PARK IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA. OTHER LOW LYING COASTAL AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. $$ 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
072 WHUS44 KMOB 301936 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 236 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN HEIGHTENED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-010345- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 236 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELL... ...COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN 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... 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. && $$ ALZ061-062-302045- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140501T0500Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 236 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED... TIDE LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED BUT COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ 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
417 WHUS44 KMOB 010116 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 816 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASE IN LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING ON THURSDAY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON THURSDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-010930- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140501T1100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 816 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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 28, 3:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 57 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 50 hr | |
| Apr 28, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 6 days |
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Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2014Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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