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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2020, 3:44 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Nov 29, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2020, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2020, 3:16 AM CST
- In force
- 21 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 09:46 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, 9.7 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
- 715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
748 WHUS44 KMOB 280944 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 344 AM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-282100- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0035.201129T1200Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 344 AM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING 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...From Sunday morning 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
464 WHUS44 KMOB 282135 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 335 PM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-290600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.201129T1200Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 335 PM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
234 WHUS44 KMOB 290558 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1158 PM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-300900- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.201129T1200Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1158 PM CST Sat Nov 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY 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...From Sunday morning 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. && $$
572 WHUS44 KMOB 291605 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1005 AM CST Sun Nov 29 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-300015- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1005 AM CST Sun Nov 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
796 WHUS44 KMOB 292141 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 341 PM CST Sun Nov 29 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-300545- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 341 PM CST Sun Nov 29 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. && $$
104 WHUS44 KMOB 300443 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1043 PM CST Sun Nov 29 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1043 PM CST Sun Nov 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
145 WHUS44 KMOB 300916 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 316 AM CST Mon Nov 30 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301030- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-201201T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 316 AM CST Mon Nov 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 3 days |
Nearby
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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.