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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Aug 1, 2018, 11:04 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2018, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 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 radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
990 WHUS44 KMOB 011604 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1104 AM CDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ202-204-206-020200- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0020.180801T1604Z-180802T1100Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1104 AM CDT Wed Aug 1 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...Gulf beaches of 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
599 WHUS44 KMOB 020147 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 847 PM CDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ202-204-206-021100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-180802T1100Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 847 PM CDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
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.