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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2017, 5:36 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2017, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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 10:38 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, 10.6 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
- 922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
823 WHUS44 KMOB 061036 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 536 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH AN INCREASE IN TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-061900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0016.170606T1036Z-170607T1500Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 536 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
966 WHUS44 KMOB 062005 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 305 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH AN INCREASE IN TIDAL RANGE WILL RESULT IN MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-070415- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170607T1500Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 305 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
732 WHUS44 KMOB 071027 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 527 AM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH AN INCREASE IN TIDAL RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-072000- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170608T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 527 AM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * 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. && $$
245 WHUS44 KMOB 071740 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1240 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .LONG PERIOD SWELL COMBINED WITH AN INCREASE IN TIDAL RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-080000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170608T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1240 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 6 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.