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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Mobile, AL

June 27, 2021Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2123 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa50 min
Jun 27, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa38 min
Jun 27, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington44 min
Jun 27, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington, Escambia50 min
Jun 27, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Escambia38 min
Jun 27, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw44 min
Jun 27, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox59 min
Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe, Wilcox49 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.