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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Mar 27, 2020, 3:11 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 28, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2020, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2020, 5:09 AM CDT
- 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 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, 8.2 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
669 WHUS44 KMOB 270811 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 311 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271615- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.200328T1200Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 311 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020 ...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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
680 WHUS44 KMOB 271805 AAA CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 105 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-281200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.200328T1200Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 105 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
555 WHUS44 KMOB 280824 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 324 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-290000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.200328T1200Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 324 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT 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 7 AM CDT 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. && $$
152 WHUS44 KMOB 282347 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 647 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 647 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Now through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
413 WHUS44 KMOB 290914 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 414 AM CDT Sun Mar 29 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 414 AM CDT Sun Mar 29 2020 ...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...Now 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. && $$
866 WHUS44 KMOB 291707 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1207 PM CDT Sun Mar 29 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1207 PM CDT Sun Mar 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents are expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Now through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
879 WHUS44 KMOB 301009 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 509 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301115- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200330T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 509 AM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The risk of dangerous rip currents has ended. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:47 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 5 hr |
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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.