Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mobile AL
337 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal-
337 AM CDT Thu Jun 28 2018
…HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect through Friday morning.
* WHERE…The Gulf beaches of Alabama and the Western Florida
Panhandle.
* IMPACTS…FREQUENT LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED.
THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are life-
threatening to anyone entering the surf. Swim near a lifeguard. If
caught in a rip current remain calm. Don’t fight the current.
Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape,
face the shore and call or wave for help. If tired, float or tread
water until out of the rip current.
