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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2016, 3:34 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 26, 2016, 5:28 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2016, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2016, 5:28 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
448 WHUS44 KMOB 262034 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 334 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-270600- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.160726T2034Z-160727T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 334 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
734 WHUS44 KMOB 262231 CCA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 531 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271045- /O.COR.KMOB.RP.S.0021.160726T2228Z-160727T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 531 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
730 WHUS44 KMOB 271046 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 546 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TODAY... .A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271845- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160727T2300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 546 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
757 WHUS44 KMOB 271909 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 209 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TODAY... .ALTHOUGH A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COASTAL BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LOOKS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-272300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160727T2300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 209 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 7 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.