Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 28, 2018, 3:37 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 28, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2018, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2018, 10:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 2345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
373 WHUS44 KMOB 280837 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 337 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-281645- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0017.180628T0900Z-180629T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 337 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Friday morning. * WHERE...The 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
133 WHUS44 KMOB 281642 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1142 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-290045- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180629T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1142 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHERE...The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida Panhandle. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
188 WHUS44 KMOB 290147 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 847 PM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180629T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 847 PM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHERE...The 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. && $$
156 WHUS44 KMOB 290930 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 430 AM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291800- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180630T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 430 AM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHERE...The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida Panhandle. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
888 WHUS44 KMOB 291520 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1020 AM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 .Long period onshore swells have decreased this morning. As a result, the High Rip Current Risk for today has been cancelled. However, there is still a moderate risk for dangerous dip currents through Saturday evening. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291630- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180630T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1020 AM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. However, there is still a Moderate Rip Current Risk in place through Saturday evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 30 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2018Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2018Every rip current statement in 2018
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.