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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Mar 15, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Mar 16, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2024, 2:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 08:29 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, 8.5 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
- 2235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted.
096 WHUS44 KMOB 150830 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 330 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-151700- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0012.240316T1200Z-240318T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 330 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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 Saturday morning 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
440 WHUS44 KMOB 151845 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 145 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-160300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.240316T1200Z-240318T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 145 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
772 WHUS44 KMOB 160429 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1129 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-161200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0012.240316T1200Z-240318T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1129 PM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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 AM CDT Saturday 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. && $$
049 WHUS44 KMOB 160710 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 210 AM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-160815- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0012.240316T1200Z-240318T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 210 AM CDT Sat Mar 16 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 15, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 23 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.