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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 12, 2017, 10:46 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2017, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2017, 5:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 15:46 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, 3.8 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
- 936 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
881 WHUS44 KMOB 121546 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1046 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FROM A COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SWELL GENERATED BY OFFSHORE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOUTHERLY WINDS. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-130000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0017.170612T1546Z-170613T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 1046 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
386 WHUS44 KMOB 130912 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 412 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING... .HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED DUE TO MODEST LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-131200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-170613T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 412 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
506 WHUS44 KMOB 131052 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 552 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .WITH THE FORECAST CALLING FOR A LOWERING OF LONG PERIOD SWELL ALONG WITH LATEST FORECASTS SHOWING LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW, THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS DIMINISHED. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-131200- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-170613T1200Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 552 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 95 min |
| Jun 12, 10:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 63 min |
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.