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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Feb 1, 2015, 2:15 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2015, 2:15 AM CST (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
447 WHUS44 KMOB 010815 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 215 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AND COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDAL RANGES... CONDITIONS SUPPORT AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BRINGS A WIND SHIFT LATE TONIGHT AND A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW FOR MONDAY...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LOOK TO LINGER. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-011615- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.150201T1200Z-150203T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 215 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
4 follow-up statements
400 WHUS44 KMOB 011600 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1000 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TODAY...SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AND COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDAL RANGES...CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BRINGS A WIND SHIFT LATE TONIGHT AND A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS BY MONDAY...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-020000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1000 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
838 WHUS44 KMOB 020252 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 852 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TODAY...SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AND COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDAL RANGES...CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BRINGS A WIND SHIFT LATE TONIGHT AND A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS BY MONDAY...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 852 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
304 WHUS44 KMOB 021013 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 413 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY... .ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND A WELL ESTABLISHED NORTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL BE SET UP ACROSS THE COAST...MODERATE SWELL AND ELEVATED PERIODS...ALONG WITH TIDAL RANGES RANGING FROM 1 TO 1.5 FEET WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-021800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 413 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
881 WHUS44 KMOB 021759 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1159 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY... .ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT HAS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND A WELL ESTABLISHED NORTHWEST WIND FLOW HAS SET UP IN ITS WAKE. A MODERATE SWELL AND ELEVATED WAVE PERIODS...ALONG WITH TIDAL RANGES OF 1 TO 1.5 FEET... WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH TODAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-030000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1159 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 44 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2015Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.