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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2016, 4:06 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 19, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2016, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 10:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
745 WHUS44 KMOB 190906 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 406 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS TO OUR NORTHEAST...AN INCREASE IN EASTERLIES ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL PACKETS INTO THE BEACHES BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-191700- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0020.160619T1200Z-160621T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 406 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
619 WHUS44 KMOB 192048 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 348 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS TO OUR NORTHEAST...AN INCREASE IN EASTERLIES ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL PACKETS INTO THE BEACHES BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-200500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 348 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
208 WHUS44 KMOB 200413 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1113 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS TO OUR NORTHEAST...AN INCREASE IN EASTERLIES ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL PACKETS INTO THE BEACHES BRINGS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1113 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME 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. && $$
084 WHUS44 KMOB 201016 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 516 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL INTO THE BEACHES MAINTAINS THE HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 516 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
409 WHUS44 KMOB 201734 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1234 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL INTO THE BEACHES MAINTAINS THE HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-210000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1234 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME 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. && $$
804 WHUS44 KMOB 202033 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 333 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW ALONG WITH SPRING TIDAL CYCLES AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SWELL INTO THE BEACHES MAINTAINS THE HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA SHORES THROUGH TUESDAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-210445- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160622T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 333 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS FORECAST TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
888 WHUS44 KMOB 210343 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1043 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED AND SEAS HAVE LAID DOWN ENOUGH TO WARRANT CANCELING THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-210445- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160622T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1043 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 23 hr |
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.