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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2019, 7:19 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 7, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2019, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 12:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
340 WHUS44 KMOB 071219 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 719 AM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-072030- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0015.190408T0000Z-190409T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 719 AM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday evening. * WHERE...The 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
714 WHUS44 KMOB 072044 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 344 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-080445- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.190408T0000Z-190409T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 344 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHERE...The beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
604 WHUS44 KMOB 080321 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1021 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-081130- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190409T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1021 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHERE...The 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. && $$
251 WHUS44 KMOB 081132 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 632 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-081900- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190410T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 632 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHERE...The beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
100 WHUS44 KMOB 081826 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 126 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-090300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190410T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 126 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHERE...The 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. && $$
685 WHUS44 KMOB 090308 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1008 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091115- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190410T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1008 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHERE...The beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
707 WHUS44 KMOB 090921 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 421 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190410T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 421 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHERE...The 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. && $$
541 WHUS44 KMOB 091601 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1101 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-100000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190410T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1101 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHERE...The beaches of Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 11:08 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2019Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.