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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2018, 4:54 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 25, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2018, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 25, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2018, 3:33 AM CST
- In force
- 22 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 10:53 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, 10.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
338 WHUS44 KMOB 251054 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 454 AM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-251900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0029.181125T1200Z-181126T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 454 AM CST Sun Nov 25 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 Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf will become 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
560 WHUS44 KMOB 251818 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1218 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-181126T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1218 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf will become dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
108 WHUS44 KMOB 260224 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 824 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-181126T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 824 PM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf will become 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. && $$
370 WHUS44 KMOB 260933 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 333 AM CST Mon Nov 26 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261045- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-181126T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 333 AM CST Mon Nov 26 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. A moderate risk of rip currents is in effect today. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 11:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:39 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:12 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 32 hr | |
| Nov 25, 3:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Nov 25, 3:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Nov 25, 3:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:04 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:04 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 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.