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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2018, 3:33 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 3:33 AM CST (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2018, 3:32 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 09:39 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, 9.6 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
423 WHUS44 KMOB 010933 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 333 AM CST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...A High Risk Of Rip Currents On Area Beaches Today through Tonight... .Moderate to strong onshore flow present the last two days will create a strong onshore wave component today through tonight. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-011745- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0005.180301T1200Z-180302T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 333 AM CST Thu Mar 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...The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida panhandle. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
388 WHUS44 KMOB 011711 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1111 AM CST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...A High Risk Of Rip Currents On Area Beaches Today through Friday morning... .A strong onshore wave component will result in high risk of rip currents today through Friday morning. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020115- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T1800Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1111 AM CST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHERE...The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
609 WHUS44 KMOB 020115 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 715 PM CST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...A High Risk Of Rip Currents On Area Beaches Continues through Friday morning... .A strong onshore wave component will result in a high risk of rip currents through Friday morning. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T1800Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 715 PM CST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHERE...The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida panhandle. * 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. && $$
321 WHUS44 KMOB 020932 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 332 AM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-021045- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T1800Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 332 AM CST Fri Mar 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 4:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 4:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 2:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 2:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Mar 1, 3:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 1, 3:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 1, 4:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 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.