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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 17, 2020, 10:44 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at May 18, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2020, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.7 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
- 1325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
780 WHUS44 KMOB 171544 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1044 AM CDT Sun May 17 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-172345- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.200518T0900Z-200519T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1044 AM CDT Sun May 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 late tonight through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
989 WHUS44 KMOB 180023 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 723 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-181100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.200518T0900Z-200519T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 723 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
990 WHUS44 KMOB 181148 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 648 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-190000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200519T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 648 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 50 min |
| May 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| May 17, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.