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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL

May 27, 2023Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 27, 2023, 3:11 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2023, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 2023-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

502 
WHUS44 KMOB 272011
CFWMOB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
311 PM CDT Sat May 27 2023

ALZ265-266-280300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.230527T2011Z-230528T0300Z/
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-
311 PM CDT Sat May 27 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lifeguards are reporting strong rip currents
  along the Alabama beaches this afternoon with elevated surf 
  conditions. 

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.