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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 19, 2020, 4:28 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jul 19, 2020, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2020, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2020, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2020, 3:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 09:33 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, 9.5 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
- 1997 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
324 WHUS44 KMOB 190928 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 428 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-192100- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0025.200719T1100Z-200720T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 428 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * 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...Through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
873 WHUS44 KMOB 192040 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 340 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-200500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-200720T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 340 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
603 WHUS44 KMOB 200458 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1158 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-200720T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1158 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * 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 Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
295 WHUS44 KMOB 201843 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 143 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-202300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-200720T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 143 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
499 WHUS44 KMOB 202010 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 310 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-202115- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-200720T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 310 PM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Reports from area lifeguards, beach cameras, and marine observations support a MODERATE rip current risk through the remainder of the afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Jul 19, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min |
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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.