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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2018, 3:22 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 22, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2018, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2018, 3:38 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 08:24 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, 8.4 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
- 2186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
907 WHUS44 KMOB 220822 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 322 AM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-221630- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0019.180722T1200Z-180723T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 322 AM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 7 AM CDT this morning through Monday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
152 WHUS44 KMOB 221545 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1045 AM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180723T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1045 AM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
648 WHUS44 KMOB 230112 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 812 PM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180723T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 812 PM CDT Sun Jul 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * 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. && $$
444 WHUS44 KMOB 230838 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 338 AM CDT Mon Jul 23 2018 .Long period swells have decreased this morning. As a result, the High Rip Current Risk has been cancelled. However, there is still a moderate risk for dangerous rip currents through Monday evening. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230945- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-180723T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 338 AM CDT Mon Jul 23 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. However, there is still a Moderate Rip Current Risk in place through Monday evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 15 min |
| Jul 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 80 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jul 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 26 min |
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.