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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2025, 12:40 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 25, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2025, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2025, 6:00 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 radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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, 5.7 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
- 1764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773 WHUS44 KMOB 240540 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1240 AM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-241330- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0023.250725T1100Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1240 AM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * 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 Friday morning through late Friday night. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
628 WHUS44 KMOB 241114 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 614 AM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-242200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.250725T1100Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 614 AM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
046 WHUS44 KMOB 242001 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 301 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-250500- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.250725T1100Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 301 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * 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 Friday morning through late Friday night. * 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. && $$
817 WHUS44 KMOB 250457 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1157 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-251300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.250725T1100Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1157 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM CDT Friday through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
473 WHUS44 KMOB 251154 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 654 AM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 654 AM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025 ...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. && $$
150 WHUS44 KMOB 260334 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1034 PM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-250726T1100Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1034 PM CDT Fri Jul 25 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.