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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2015, 5:25 AM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 5:25 AM EST (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
089 WHUS44 KMOB 031025 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...INCERASING SURF HEIGHTS...AND A LARGE TIDAL RANGE HAS RESULTED IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-031830- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0001.150103T1025Z-150104T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 425 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...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 TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
3 follow-up statements
868 WHUS44 KMOB 031812 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1212 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...INCERASING SURF HEIGHTS...AND A LARGE TIDAL RANGE HAS RESULTED IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-040215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1212 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING: THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
731 WHUS44 KMOB 040159 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 759 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...INCERASING SURF HEIGHTS...AND A LARGE TIDAL RANGE HAS RESULTED IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-041200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 759 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING: THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
798 WHUS44 KMOB 041134 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 534 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL AND A LARGE TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-050000- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 534 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING: THROUGH TODAY. * IMPACTS: VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Jan 3, 2:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 115 min |
| Jan 3, 4:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 48 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 34 min |
| Jan 3, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 26 min |
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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.