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High Surf Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL

June 20, 2021Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this high surf advisory at Jun 20, 2021, 4:51 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2021, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
14 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 09:51 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, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 694 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

006 
WHUS44 KMOB 200951
CFWMOB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
451 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-201800-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210621T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0008.210620T0951Z-210621T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210623T0000Z/
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
451 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...
...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to
  7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, 
  dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal 
  Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and 
  Okaloosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this 
  evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday 
  evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and 
  localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to
dangerous surf conditions.

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
184 
WHUS44 KMOB 201724
CFWMOB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1224 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-210000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210621T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210623T0000Z/
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
1224 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 
  to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, 
  dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal 
  Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and 
  Okaloosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this 
  evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday 
  evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and 
  localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best 
  swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to
dangerous surf conditions.

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.

&&

$$
700 
WHUS44 KMOB 210001
CFWMOB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
701 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-210815-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210621T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210623T0000Z/
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
701 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal 
  Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and 
  Okaloosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Tuesday 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw49 min
Jun 19, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia44 min
Jun 20, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia59 min
Jun 20, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington40 min
Jun 20, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington50 min
Jun 20, 5:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Jun 20, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2021High Surf Advisories in Alabama, 2021Every high surf advisory in 2021

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.