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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Dec 27, 2019, 4:07 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Dec 28, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2019, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2019, 3:47 AM CST
- In force
- 46 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.
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, 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369 WHUS44 KMOB 271007 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 407 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271815- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0042.191228T1200Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 407 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
069 WHUS44 KMOB 272224 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 424 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-280900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.191228T1200Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 424 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
819 WHUS44 KMOB 280835 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 235 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-281800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.191228T1200Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 235 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through late Sunday 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. && $$
927 WHUS44 KMOB 281738 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1138 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-290200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1138 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
050 WHUS44 KMOB 290207 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 807 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 807 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
060 WHUS44 KMOB 290920 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 320 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291730- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 320 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
129 WHUS44 KMOB 291940 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 140 PM CST Sun Dec 29 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 140 PM CST Sun Dec 29 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late Sunday 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. && $$
216 WHUS44 KMOB 300947 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 347 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301100- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-191230T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 347 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Incoming swell along our coastline has decreased to the point that a high rip current risk is no longer expected. However, a moderate rip current risk will continue along the Gulf beaches of Alabama and northwest Florida through today. $$
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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.