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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2016Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 10, 2016, 11:11 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2016, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
14 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 16:13 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

670 
WHUS44 KMOB 101611 AAA
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1111 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH A HIGH TIDAL RANGE WILL HELP
MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

FLZ202-204-206-110300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0018.160510T1611Z-160511T0600Z/
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
1111 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 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 THIS EVENING

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
753 
WHUS44 KMOB 102203 AAA
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH A HIGH TIDAL RANGE WILL
HELP MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

FLZ202-204-206-110600-
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-160511T0600Z/
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
503 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

* 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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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.