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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Mobile, AL

June 22, 2026Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Jun 22, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2026, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2219 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

167 
WHUS44 KMOB 221516
CFWMOB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1016 AM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0021.260622T1516Z-260623T0000Z/
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
1016 AM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 7 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia12 hr
Jun 22, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington26 min
Jun 22, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler39 min
Jun 22, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCoffee52 min
Jun 22, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCoffee52 min
Jun 22, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw42 min
Jun 22, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw52 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington45 min

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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.