Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2018, 10:54 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2018, 10:54 AM CST (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2018, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 40 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 16:52 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
721 WHUS44 KMOB 201654 CCA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...CORRECTED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1054 AM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents on Florida Beaches... .Continued moderate onshore flow will create a high risk for danger rip currents. A moderate risk is currently in effect on Alabama Beaches. FLZ202-204-206-210045- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0003.180220T1654Z-180222T0000Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1054 AM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Wednesday afternoon. * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
379 WHUS44 KMOB 202128 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 328 PM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents on Florida Beaches... .Continued moderate onshore flow will create a high risk for danger rip currents. A moderate risk is currently in effect on Alabama Beaches. FLZ202-204-206-210530- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180222T0000Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 328 PM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
339 WHUS44 KMOB 210532 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1132 PM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents on Florida Beaches... .Continued moderate onshore flow will create a high risk for danger rip currents. A moderate risk is currently in effect on Alabama Beaches. FLZ202-204-206-211400- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180222T0000Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1132 PM CST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * 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. && $$
506 WHUS44 KMOB 211119 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 519 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...High Risk of Dangerous Rip Currents on Florida Beaches... .Continued moderate onshore flow will create a high risk for danger rip currents. A moderate risk is currently in effect on Alabama Beaches. FLZ202-204-206-220000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180222T0000Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 519 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
586 WHUS44 KMOB 211609 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1009 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .Continued moderate onshore flow and increased southerly swell will create a high risk for dangerous rip currents along the western Florida panhandle beaches through tonight. A moderate risk of rip currents continues farther west along the southwest Alabama beaches. FLZ202-204-206-220000- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180222T0900Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1009 AM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * 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. && $$
369 WHUS44 KMOB 220036 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 636 PM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .Continued moderate onshore flow and increased southerly swell will create a high risk for dangerous rip currents along the western Florida panhandle beaches through tonight. A moderate risk of rip currents continues farther west along the southwest Alabama beaches. FLZ202-204-206-220900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180222T0900Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 636 PM CST Wed Feb 21 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHERE...Escambia...Santa Rosa...and Okaloosa County beaches * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 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.