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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 8, 2025, 10:28 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2025, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2025, 10:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 15:28 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 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 1977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
801 WHUS44 KMOB 081528 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1028 AM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025 FLZ202-204-206-082330- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.250608T1528Z-250609T1900Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1028 AM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
998 WHUS44 KMOB 090002 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 702 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025 FLZ202-204-206-091100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250609T1900Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 702 PM CDT Sun Jun 8 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
170 WHUS44 KMOB 090840 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 340 AM CDT Mon Jun 9 2025 ALZ265-266-091700- /O.EXB.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250610T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- 340 AM CDT Mon Jun 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ202-204-206-091700- /O.EXT.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250610T2300Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 340 AM CDT Mon Jun 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
814 WHUS44 KMOB 092007 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 307 PM CDT Mon Jun 9 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-100600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250610T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 307 PM CDT Mon Jun 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * 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 Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
305 WHUS44 KMOB 100549 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1249 AM CDT Tue Jun 10 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101400- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250610T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1249 AM CDT Tue Jun 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
351 WHUS44 KMOB 101502 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1002 AM CDT Tue Jun 10 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101615- /O.CAN.KMOB.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250610T2300Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1002 AM CDT Tue Jun 10 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Latest forecast guidance and beach reports this morning indicate the rip current risk has decreased to a moderate risk for the remainder of today. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 5 days |
| Jun 8, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 5 days |
| Jun 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 16 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.