Rip Current Statement issued October 18 at 9:49AM CDT until October 20 at 6:00AM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
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* 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 Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Mobile Coastal; Baldwin Coastal; Escambia Coastal; Santa Rosa Coastal; Okaloosa Coastal
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-18T09:49:00-05:00
- states
- ["AL","FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T09:49:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.993c6045f5526cd2bf9a5c48ff91ae9bd914771c.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3a47b02348e15d13c8b33efe070a0bdc2f46b586.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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