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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Dec 8, 2019, 9:03 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2019, 9:03 AM CST (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2019, 4:28 AM CST
- In force
- 67 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 15:05 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 12:00Z, 3.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
942 WHUS44 KMOB 081503 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 903 AM CST Sun Dec 8 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-090000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0038.191208T1503Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 903 AM CST Sun Dec 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
7 follow-up statements
272 WHUS44 KMOB 090113 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 713 PM CST Sun Dec 8 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-090915- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 713 PM CST Sun Dec 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
698 WHUS44 KMOB 090927 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 327 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091730- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 327 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
270 WHUS44 KMOB 091725 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1125 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-100200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1125 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
472 WHUS44 KMOB 100258 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 858 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 858 PM CST Mon Dec 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
247 WHUS44 KMOB 101201 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 601 AM CST Tue Dec 10 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-102000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 601 AM CST Tue Dec 10 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
606 WHUS44 KMOB 102043 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 243 PM CST Tue Dec 10 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-111200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 243 PM CST Tue Dec 10 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
278 WHUS44 KMOB 111028 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 428 AM CST Wed Dec 11 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-111130- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-191211T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 428 AM CST Wed Dec 11 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high risk of dangerous to potentially deadly rip currents has lowered. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 8:43 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 6 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.