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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2026, 11:20 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 16, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2026, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 16:21 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, 4.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
697 WHUS44 KMOB 151620 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1120 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-160200- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0025.260916T1200Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1120 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY 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 Wednesday morning through Thursday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
563 WHUS44 KMOB 160201 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 901 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-161015- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.260916T1200Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 901 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
087 WHUS44 KMOB 161013 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 513 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-162100- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.260916T1200Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 513 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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...Through Thursday 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. && $$
943 WHUS44 KMOB 162042 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 342 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-170600- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 342 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
133 WHUS44 KMOB 170557 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1257 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-171800- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1257 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ...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. && $$
842 WHUS44 KMOB 171704 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1204 PM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-180000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-260918T0000Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1204 PM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 64 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.