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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2016, 5:55 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 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 11:56 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, 11.9 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
648 WHUS44 KMOB 211155 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 555 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH TIDAL RANGES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-212000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.160121T1155Z-160122T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 555 AM CST THU JAN 21 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 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
089 WHUS44 KMOB 211711 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1111 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH TIDAL RANGES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-220115- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1111 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP AND REMAIN CALM. DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
457 WHUS44 KMOB 212240 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 440 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH TIDAL RANGES WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-220800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 440 PM CST THU JAN 21 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:03 AM CST | Gale Watch | MOB | 12 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:03 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 66 hr | |
| Jan 21, 8:49 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jan 21, 3:47 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 41 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min |
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.