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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2016, 3:13 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 9, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2016, 3:13 AM CST (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 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 09:12 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, 9.2 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
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
586 WHUS44 KMOB 081216 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 616 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .MODERATE EASTERLY FLOW HAS EASED OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EASING TODAY. ONSHORE FLOW WILL SET UP AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT...BRINGING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-082030- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160108T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 616 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THURSDAY NIGHT HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
582 WHUS44 KMOB 081518 AAA CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 918 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...CREATING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-082330- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T1200Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 918 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$
113 WHUS44 KMOB 082157 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...CREATING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-090500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T1200Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 357 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
080 WHUS44 KMOB 090452 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1052 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T1200Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1052 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$
161 WHUS44 KMOB 091130 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091930- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.160109T1200Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 530 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
722 WHUS44 KMOB 091946 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 146 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL GRADUALLY MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE INCREASED WINDS ALONG WITH HIGH TIDAL RANGES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-100415- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 146 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE 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. && $$
973 WHUS44 KMOB 100353 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 953 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH THE WINDS ARE SHIFTING TO OFFSHORE IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THE ROUGH SURF TO DIMINISH. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDAL RANGES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 953 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
399 WHUS44 KMOB 101203 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 603 AM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED... .WINDS OVER AREA COASTS HAVE BECOME OFFSHORE...WITHT HE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DECREASING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101315- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160110T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 603 AM CST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS OVER AREA COASTS HAVE BECOME OFFSHORE...WITHT HE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DECREASING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 104 min |
| Jan 7, 9:32 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Jan 8, 4:16 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Jan 8, 10:16 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 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.