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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2021, 10:22 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2021, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 12:00 AM 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 15:24 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 12:00Z, 3.4 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
- 2193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
420 WHUS44 KMOB 251522 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1022 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0017.210625T1522Z-210626T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1022 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Showers and thunderstorms offshore the coast of Alabama and Florida have resulted in increased surf across area beaches due to stronger winds offshore. This has resulted in an enhancement of rip currents based on observations, and necessitated an upgrade to a high risk of rip currents for the remainder of today. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
252 WHUS44 KMOB 260122 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 822 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210626T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 822 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight CDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
534 WHUS44 KMOB 260511 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1211 AM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260615- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210626T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1211 AM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The High Risk of dangerous rip currents has become moderate. Persons are urged to continue to exercise caution. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jun 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 39 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2021Every rip current statement 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.