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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2016, 5:40 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2016, 5:40 AM CST (11:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 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 11:42 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, 11.7 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
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
231 WHUS44 KMOB 071140 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CST THU JAN 7 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .CONTINUED MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-071945- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0002.160107T1200Z-160108T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 540 AM CST THU JAN 7 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 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 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
528 WHUS44 KMOB 071925 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 125 PM CST THU JAN 7 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT... .CONTINUED MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-080330- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160108T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 125 PM CST THU JAN 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
189 WHUS44 KMOB 080913 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 313 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW HAS EASED OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EASING TODAY. ONSHORE FLOW WILL SET UP AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT...BRINGING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-081715- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160108T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 313 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY 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 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. && $$
586 WHUS44 KMOB 081216 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 616 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW HAS EASED OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EASING TODAY. ONSHORE FLOW WILL SET UP AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT...BRINGING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-082030- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160108T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 616 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THURSDAY NIGHT HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
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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.