Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 27, 2016, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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908 
WHUS44 KMOB 270903
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
403 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

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

.A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW AND HIGH PERIOD SWELL MOVING UP
INTO THE SURF ZONE RESULTS IN A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY
DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0010.160327T0903Z-160327T2300Z/
MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
403 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...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...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE
  SURF IS 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.  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.

&&

$$

131 
WHUS44 KMOB 271709
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1209 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

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

.A MODERATE TO OCCASIONALY STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW AND HIGH PERIOD
SWELL MOVING UP INTO THE SURF ZONE RESULTS IN A HIGH RISK OF
DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-272300-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
1209 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2016

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

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. 
  THE SURF IS 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.  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.

&&

$$

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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.