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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at May 27, 2024, 3:43 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at May 27, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2024, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 08:43 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 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 2099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
007 WHUS44 KMOB 270843 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 343 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-271700- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.240527T0900Z-240528T1000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 343 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * 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 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
603 WHUS44 KMOB 271649 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1149 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-280200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T1000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1149 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
817 WHUS44 KMOB 280446 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1146 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-281000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240528T1000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1146 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT TUESDAY... * 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 5 AM CDT Tuesday. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 55 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 59 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.