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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 17, 2017, 5:46 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 17, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2017, 5:46 AM CST (11:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
535 WHUS44 KMOB 171146 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 546 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...SLIGHTLY INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASED SWELL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A SLIGHTLY INCREASED SOUTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW AND A MORE INCREASED SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-172000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.170117T1200Z-170118T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 546 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
036 WHUS44 KMOB 172017 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 217 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...SLIGHTLY INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW AND AN INCREASED SWELL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF A SLIGHTLY INCREASED SOUTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW AND A MORE INCREASED SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-180000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170118T0000Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- 217 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE- THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE... FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED... FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:34 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 21 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.