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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 3, 2018, 5:12 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2018, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2018, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.2 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
167 WHUS44 KMOB 031012 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 512 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-040000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0018.180703T1012Z-180704T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 512 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Wednesday morning. * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
287 WHUS44 KMOB 032051 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 351 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-040400- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-180704T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 351 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
419 WHUS44 KMOB 040417 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1117 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-180704T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1117 PM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 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.