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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 1, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted.
765 WHUS44 KMOB 011012 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 512 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-206-011800- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.170501T1012Z-170502T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 512 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...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. * 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
3 follow-up statements
333 WHUS44 KMOB 011017 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 517 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ204-011800- /O.EXA.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170502T0600Z/ SANTA ROSA COASTAL- 517 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$ ALZ265-266-FLZ202-206-011800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170502T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 517 AM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
941 WHUS44 KMOB 011830 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170502T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 130 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
757 WHUS44 KMOB 020235 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 935 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170502T0600Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 935 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| May 1, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:36 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Apr 30, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Apr 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Apr 30, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Apr 30, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| May 1, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 47 min |
| May 1, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| May 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 49 min |
| May 1, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| May 1, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| May 1, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| May 1, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 1, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 1, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| May 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| May 1, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 42 min |
| May 1, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| May 1, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 17 min |
| May 1, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| May 1, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr |
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.