Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 14, 2015, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)

Expired

Mar 14, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

920 
WHUS44 KMOB 140847
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
347 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-142300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0007.150314T0847Z-150314T2300Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
347 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2015

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY 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.

&&

$$

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