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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jan 25, 2022, 9:08 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 25, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2022, 9:08 AM CST (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 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 15:10 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 12:00Z, 3.1 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
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WHUS44 KMOB 251508 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 908 AM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260000- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220127T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0006.220126T0000Z-220127T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 908 AM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * 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 6 PM CST this evening through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lifeguards are only reporting weak to moderate strength rip currents this morning. Rip currents are expected to become stronger and more frequent by this evening as swell offshore arrives at local beaches. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
372 WHUS44 KMOB 252359 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 559 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.220126T0000Z-220127T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 559 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents are expected to become stronger and more frequent by this evening as swell offshore arrives at local beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
941 WHUS44 KMOB 260922 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 322 AM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261730- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220127T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 322 AM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE 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...Through late 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. && $$
693 WHUS44 KMOB 261726 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1126 AM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-270000- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220127T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1126 AM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and Escambia Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents are expected to become moderate overnight as swell decreases along the beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
601 WHUS44 KMOB 270016 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 616 PM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-270130- /O.EXP.KMOB.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220127T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 616 PM CST Wed Jan 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The HIGH risk of rip currents has diminished along the beaches of Alabama. A MODERATE risk of rip currents continues tonight, with a LOW risk then expected through the remainder of the weekend. $$
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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.