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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2021, 4:52 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jul 4, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2021, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 4, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 09:54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted.
647 WHUS44 KMOB 040952 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 452 AM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041800- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0019.210704T1700Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 452 AM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 noon CDT today through Monday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
211 WHUS44 KMOB 041824 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 124 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-050230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 124 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
800 WHUS44 KMOB 042215 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 515 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-050800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 515 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 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. && $$
406 WHUS44 KMOB 050920 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 420 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-052100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 420 AM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ JLH
349 WHUS44 KMOB 052121 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 421 PM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-060500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 421 PM CDT Mon Jul 5 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. && $$
411 WHUS44 KMOB 060226 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 926 PM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-061200- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0020.210707T0000Z-210709T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210706T0500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 926 PM CDT Mon Jul 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the first High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the second High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...For the first High Rip Current Risk, until midnight CDT tonight. For the second High Rip Current Risk, from Tuesday evening through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 8:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 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.