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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 27, 2021, 1:22 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 27, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2021, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 18:23 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, 6.4 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
- 2123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted.
300 WHUS44 KMOB 271822 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 122 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-280300- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0018.210627T2100Z-210628T1000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 122 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * 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...This afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Persistent southeasterly flow, increasing swell and outgoing tides are expected to result in frequent rip currents along the Alabama and northwest Florida panhandle beaches this afternoon through tonight. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
199 WHUS44 KMOB 280311 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1011 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-281000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210628T1000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1011 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
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.