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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2021, 5:28 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2021, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 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 10:31 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, 10.5 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
- 1771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
718 WHUS44 KMOB 031028 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 528 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-031830- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0028.211003T1028Z-211004T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 528 AM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
699 WHUS44 KMOB 031729 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1229 PM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-040200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211004T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1229 PM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
687 WHUS44 KMOB 040216 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 916 PM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211004T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 916 PM CDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
063 WHUS44 KMOB 041005 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 505 AM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-041815- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211005T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 505 AM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
898 WHUS44 KMOB 041825 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 125 PM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-050400- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211005T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 125 PM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * 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 Tuesday morning. * 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. && $$
375 WHUS44 KMOB 050425 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1125 PM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-051200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211005T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1125 PM CDT Mon Oct 4 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
236 WHUS44 KMOB 051203 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 703 AM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-051315- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-211005T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 703 AM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... A MODERATE rip current risk will persist through Wednesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
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.