Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 24, 2015, 5:26 AM CST (11:26 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 24, 2015, 6:00 AM CST

Expired

Jan 24, 2015, 6:00 PM CST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

477 
WHUS44 KMOB 241126
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.A LARGE SWELL GENERATED FROM STRONG WINDS WELL OFFSHORE WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA
TODAY...IMPROVING TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
BECOME ELEVATED AGAIN LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO A STRONG WEST
TO NORTHWEST WIND FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-242000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0002.150124T1200Z-150125T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
526 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2015

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT
RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF
  ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

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

582 
WHUS44 KMOB 242014
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
214 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015

...A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE GULF
BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...

.A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AS SWELL GENERATED FROM
STRONG WINDS WELL OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE GULF BEACHES
OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-250000-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150125T0000Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
214 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2015

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE ENTERING THE GULF BEACH WATERS OF
  ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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