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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2019, 3:08 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2019, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2019, 10:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 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 08:11 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 1205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
728 WHUS44 KMOB 180808 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 308 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-181700- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.190518T0808Z-190520T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 308 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Sunday 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
140 WHUS44 KMOB 181701 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1201 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-190115- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190520T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1201 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
463 WHUS44 KMOB 190231 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 931 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-191045- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190520T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 931 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$
105 WHUS44 KMOB 190913 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 413 AM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-191800- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190521T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 413 AM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
285 WHUS44 KMOB 191742 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1242 PM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-200145- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190521T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1242 PM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$
314 WHUS44 KMOB 200156 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 856 PM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190521T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 856 PM CDT Sun May 19 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
352 WHUS44 KMOB 200824 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 324 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190521T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 324 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. && $$
496 WHUS44 KMOB 201559 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1059 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201700- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190521T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1059 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 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.