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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Mobile, AL

September 8, 2021Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1924 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 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.