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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 2, 2016, 9:35 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2016, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
784 WHUS44 KMOB 021435 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 935 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR AREA BEACHES... .THE COMBINATION OF AN ONSHORE SWELL...OFFSHORE WINDS AND A MODERATE TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-030000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.160402T1435Z-160403T1100Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 935 AM CDT SAT APR 2 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...THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
950 WHUS44 KMOB 022336 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 636 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR AREA BEACHES... .THE COMBINATION OF AN ONSHORE SWELL...OFFSHORE WINDS AND A MODERATE TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-031100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160403T1100Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 636 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
976 WHUS44 KMOB 030815 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 315 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVER AREA BEACHES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE HIGH ONSHORE SWELL ON AREA BEACHES HAS EASED...WITH THE WINDS REMAINING OFFSHORE. THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-030915- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160403T1100Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 315 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Apr 1, 8:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Apr 1, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Apr 1, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Apr 1, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Apr 1, 11:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Apr 1, 11:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 1, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
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.