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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2024, 2:55 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 30, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2024, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- 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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
931 WHUS44 KMOB 290755 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 255 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-291600- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0024.240630T0900Z-240701T0300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 255 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 late tonight through Sunday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
553 WHUS44 KMOB 291621 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1121 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-300030- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0024.240630T0900Z-240701T0300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1121 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
455 WHUS44 KMOB 300249 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 949 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0024.240630T0900Z-240701T0300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 949 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 4 AM CDT Sunday through Sunday 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. && $$
500 WHUS44 KMOB 300949 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 449 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-301800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240701T0300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 449 AM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
338 WHUS44 KMOB 301940 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 240 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-010300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240701T0300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 240 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 10 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. && $$
507 WHUS44 KMOB 010234 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 934 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-010900- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-240701T0900Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 934 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 28 hr |
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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.