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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Dec 30, 2018, 4:07 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 31, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2018, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 10:09 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, 10.1 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
740 WHUS44 KMOB 301007 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 407 AM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301815- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0035.181231T1200Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 407 AM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from Monday morning through late Monday night. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
436 WHUS44 KMOB 301830 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1230 PM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-310230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.181231T1200Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1230 PM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
289 WHUS44 KMOB 310143 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 743 PM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-311145- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.181231T1200Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 743 PM CST Sun Dec 30 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * 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. && $$
521 WHUS44 KMOB 311054 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 454 AM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-311900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.181231T1200Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 454 AM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
481 WHUS44 KMOB 311914 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 114 PM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-010315- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 114 PM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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. && $$
080 WHUS44 KMOB 312336 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 536 PM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-011200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-190101T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 536 PM CST Mon Dec 31 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
532 WHUS44 KMOB 011019 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 419 AM CST Tue Jan 1 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-011830- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-190102T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 419 AM CST Tue Jan 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * 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. && $$
423 WHUS44 KMOB 011818 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1218 PM CST Tue Jan 1 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-190102T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1218 PM CST Tue Jan 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 9:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 31 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 36 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:16 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 38 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.