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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2026, 10:42 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 21, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2026, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2026, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 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 04:47 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, 4.7 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
770 WHUS44 KMOB 210442 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1042 PM CST Fri Feb 20 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-211300- /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0004.260221T0600Z-260222T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1042 PM CST Fri Feb 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY 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...Through late Saturday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
459 WHUS44 KMOB 211216 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 616 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-212000- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260222T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 616 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
217 WHUS44 KMOB 211804 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 1204 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-220300- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260222T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 1204 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...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. && $$
607 WHUS44 KMOB 220300 CFWMOB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mobile AL 900 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-221200- /O.CON.KMOB.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260222T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 900 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:07 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Feb 20, 10:22 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 60 hr | |
| Feb 21, 6:16 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Feb 21, 1:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 4:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 4:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 35 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.