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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 4, 2015, 6:58 AM EDT. It took effect at May 4, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2015, 6:58 AM EDT (10:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2015, 4:29 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025 WHUS44 KMOB 041058 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 558 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-041900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.150504T1200Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 558 AM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
141 WHUS44 KMOB 041710 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1210 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-050600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1210 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
479 WHUS44 KMOB 050332 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1032 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-051145- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1032 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * 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. && $$
778 WHUS44 KMOB 050946 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 446 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-051800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 446 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
869 WHUS44 KMOB 052031 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 331 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060445- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 331 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * 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. && $$
855 WHUS44 KMOB 060357 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1057 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW AND ELEVATED SURF WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-061200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1057 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
953 WHUS44 KMOB 060829 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 329 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST BRINGS A LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW THIS MORNING THAT BECOMES SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE BEACHES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK TRANSITIONS FROM HIGH TO MODERATE. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-060930- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-150506T1200Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 329 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. FORECAST WIND...WAVES AND TIDAL RANGES SUPPORT A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 22 hr |
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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.