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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 5, 2016, 2:30 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2016, 2:30 AM CST (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
012 WHUS44 KMOB 050830 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 230 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SETS UP ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A LARGE AND STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED FROM MAINE...SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG EASTERLY FLOW CAUSES THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME HIGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-051700- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0001.160105T0830Z-160106T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 230 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...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 LATE TONIGHT * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
4 follow-up statements
540 WHUS44 KMOB 051626 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1026 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SETS UP ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A LARGE AND STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED FROM MAINE...SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG EASTERLY FLOW CAUSES THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME HIGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-060600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160106T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1026 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
833 WHUS44 KMOB 060514 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1114 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-061200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160106T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1114 PM CST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
679 WHUS44 KMOB 060829 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 229 AM CST WED JAN 6 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LOOKS TO CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE EAST COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE LITTLE IN THE NEAR TERM. A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW LOOKS TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS COUPLED WITH TIDAL RANGES BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH TIDE AVERAGING BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 FEET MAINTAINS A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-061700- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 229 AM CST WED JAN 6 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
469 WHUS44 KMOB 061919 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 119 PM CST WED JAN 6 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS COUPLED WITH TIDAL RANGES BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH TIDE AVERAGING BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 FEET MAINTAINS A HIGH RISK OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-070600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160107T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 119 PM CST WED JAN 6 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.