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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2021, 4:25 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 8, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2021, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2021, 8:16 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 09:27 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 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 1924 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
849 WHUS44 KMOB 080925 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 425 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-081730- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0025.210908T2300Z-210909T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 425 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * 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 this evening through Thursday afternoon. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
171 WHUS44 KMOB 081612 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1112 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-090300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.210908T2300Z-210909T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1112 AM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
535 WHUS44 KMOB 090210 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 910 PM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210909T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 910 PM CDT Wed Sep 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * 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...Tonight through Thursday afternoon. * 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. && $$
671 WHUS44 KMOB 090908 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 408 AM CDT Thu Sep 9 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210909T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 408 AM CDT Thu Sep 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
827 WHUS44 KMOB 091316 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 816 AM CDT Thu Sep 9 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091430- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210909T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 816 AM CDT Thu Sep 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 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.