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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Feb 1, 2019, 4:45 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Feb 1, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2019, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
- 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 10:45 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, 10.8 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
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
162 WHUS44 KMOB 011045 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 445 AM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-011900- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0006.190201T1200Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 445 AM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late Saturday night. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
274 WHUS44 KMOB 012200 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 400 PM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-020600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 400 PM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
401 WHUS44 KMOB 020059 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 659 PM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-021100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 659 PM CST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * 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. && $$
779 WHUS44 KMOB 021043 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 443 AM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-021900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 443 AM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
195 WHUS44 KMOB 021907 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 107 PM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-030300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 107 PM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * 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. && $$
949 WHUS44 KMOB 030311 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 911 PM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-031200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190203T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 911 PM CST Sat Feb 2 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * WHERE...Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida * IMPACTS...Frequent life-threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life- threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 9:47 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 12 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.