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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2024, 4:11 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2024, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 1168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WHUS44 KMOB 050911 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 411 AM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-051715- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0027.240805T0911Z-240806T0600Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 411 AM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
852 WHUS44 KMOB 051822 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 122 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-060230- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240806T0600Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 122 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
784 WHUS44 KMOB 060228 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 928 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-060600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-240806T0600Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 928 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 30 hr |
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.