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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 2, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at May 2, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 10:06 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, 10.0 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
915 WHUS44 KMOB 021000 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 500 AM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-021800- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.180502T1100Z-180503T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 500 AM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
021 WHUS44 KMOB 021737 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1237 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-030200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180503T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1237 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
852 WHUS44 KMOB 022323 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 623 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-031100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180503T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 623 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * 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. && $$
082 WHUS44 KMOB 031056 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 556 AM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-031900- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180504T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 556 AM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
907 WHUS44 KMOB 031623 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1123 AM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-040500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180504T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1123 AM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * 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. && $$
091 WHUS44 KMOB 040056 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 756 PM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180504T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 756 PM CDT Thu May 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
832 WHUS44 KMOB 041056 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 556 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents Has Expired... .A high risk of dangerous rip current has expired. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041200- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180504T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 556 AM CDT Fri May 4 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a moderate 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. && $$
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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.