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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Mar 22, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 22, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 09:40 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
559 WHUS44 KMOB 220936 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 436 AM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-221800- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0013.240322T1800Z-240324T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 436 AM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * 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 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf will also build to 3 to 4 feet, with a few breakers locally up to near 5 feet along the Alabama and western Florida panhandle beaches this afternoon through Saturday. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
294 WHUS44 KMOB 221809 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 109 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230215- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240324T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 109 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS....Surf will also build to 3 to 4 feet, with a few breakers locally up to near 5 feet along the Alabama and western Florida panhandle beaches this afternoon through Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
611 WHUS44 KMOB 230226 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 926 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-231100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240324T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 926 PM CDT Fri Mar 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * 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 Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf will also build to 3 to 4 feet, with a few breakers locally up to near 5 feet along the Alabama and western Florida panhandle beaches through Saturday. 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. && $$
556 WHUS44 KMOB 230920 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 420 AM CDT Sat Mar 23 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-231800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240324T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 420 AM CDT Sat Mar 23 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
290 WHUS44 KMOB 231835 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 135 PM CDT Sat Mar 23 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-240000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240324T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 135 PM CDT Sat Mar 23 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * 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...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:20 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 45 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2024Rip Current Statements in Alabama, 2024Every rip current statement in 2024
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.