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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2016Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 6, 2016, 5:56 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2016, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 259 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WHUS44 KMOB 062256
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
556 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...

.A HIGH NUMBER OF RIP CURRENTS ARE BEING REPORTED BY THE DESTIN
BEACH PATROL ALONG WITH A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT. THE ONSHORE WINDS
ARE NOW FORECAST TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH
THIS EVENING...TURNING TO THE WEST AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT
IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT.

FLZ202-204-206-070700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.160406T2256Z-160407T1100Z/
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
556 PM CDT WED APR 6 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 5:02 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	14 hr

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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.