000 WHUS44 KMOB 050324 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1024 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA INCLUDING ALL INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH 7 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE WILL MOVE ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. TIDE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-051530- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.Y.0003.110905T0324Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.SU.Y.0005.110905T0324Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.RP.S.0002.110905T0324Z-110906T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 1024 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...DANGEROUS HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR BEACH EROSION AND SOME WASH UP ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS BUT NOT EXCEED 4 FEET. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OR NUISANCE FLOODING WILL BE THE NORM. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ ALZ061-062-051530- /O.NEW.KMOB.CF.Y.0003.110905T0324Z-110906T0000Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN- 1024 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OR NUISANCE FLOODING WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND PROPERTY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ALONG INLAND BAYS...SOUNDS AND WATERWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS BUT NOT EXCEED 4 FEET. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OR NUISANCE FLOODING WILL BE THE NORM. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM