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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 20, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WHUS44 KMOB 201600 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1100 AM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A CONTINUED ONSHORE SWELL AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-210000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0010.150420T1600Z-150421T1100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1100 AM CDT MON APR 20 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...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
444 WHUS44 KMOB 210013 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 713 PM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .A CONTINUED ONSHORE SWELL AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-211100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150421T1100Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 713 PM CDT MON APR 20 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 20, 6:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 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.