Rip Current Statement
NWS Mobile AL ยท US
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Rip Current Statement issued September 15 at 11:20AM CDT until September 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Mobile Coastal
- Baldwin Coastal
- Escambia Coastal
- Santa Rosa Coastal
- Okaloosa Coastal
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Mobile AL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2JXXCRE84QVWWYHRCT3W11P
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e0dbbe753db4a581996701f96ede771bbfcc4895.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Mobile AL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMOB
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5997
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWMOB |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS44 KMOB 151620 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0025.260916T1200Z-260918T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Mobile Coastal
- Baldwin Coastal
- Escambia Coastal
- Santa Rosa Coastal
- Okaloosa Coastal
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 001097 |
| SAME | 001003 |
| SAME | 012033 |
| SAME | 012113 |
| SAME | 012091 |
| UGC | ALZ265 |
| UGC | ALZ266 |
| UGC | FLZ202 |
| UGC | FLZ204 |
| UGC | FLZ206 |