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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Oct 24, 2022, 5:09 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Oct 24, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2022, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
697 WHUS44 KMOB 241009 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 509 AM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-242000- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0026.221025T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 509 AM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * 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 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
961 WHUS44 KMOB 241744 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1244 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-250200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.221025T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1244 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
618 WHUS44 KMOB 250239 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 939 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-251100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 939 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * 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...Through Thursday 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. && $$
013 WHUS44 KMOB 250836 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 336 AM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-251700- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 336 AM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
417 WHUS44 KMOB 252036 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 336 PM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 336 PM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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 Thursday 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. && $$
602 WHUS44 KMOB 260314 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1014 PM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221027T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1014 PM CDT Tue Oct 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
998 WHUS44 KMOB 260909 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 409 AM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261715- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221026T2100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 409 AM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * 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 this 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. && $$
053 WHUS44 KMOB 261507 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL Issued by National Weather Service New Orleans LA 1007 AM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-262100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221026T2100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1007 AM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
493 WHUS44 KMOB 261909 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL Issued by National Weather Service New Orleans LA 209 PM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-262100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-221026T2100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 209 PM CDT Wed Oct 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * 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 this 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. && $$
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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.