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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2018, 10:53 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at May 18, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2018, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
974 WHUS44 KMOB 181553 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1053 AM CDT Fri May 18 2018 ...A High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents expected on Western Florida Panhandle Beaches... .A light to at times moderate westerly winds along the coast is creating a High Risk of dangerous Rip Currents on Western Florida Panhandle Beaches. FLZ202-204-206-190000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.180518T1600Z-180519T1100Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1053 AM CDT Fri May 18 2018 ...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. * WHERE...On Western Florida Panhandle Beaches * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
515 WHUS44 KMOB 190000 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 700 PM CDT Fri May 18 2018 ...A High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents expected on Western Florida Panhandle Beaches... FLZ202-204-206-191100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-180519T1100Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 700 PM CDT Fri May 18 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHERE...On Western Florida Panhandle Beaches * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 60 min |
| May 18, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| May 18, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 47 min |
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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.