Weather Alerts for Mobile Coastal

Issued by the National Weather Service

Freeze Warning  FREEZE WARNING   Freeze Warning
MOBILE COASTAL
Areas Affected:
Choctaw - Washington - Clarke - Wilcox - Monroe - Conecuh - Butler - Crenshaw - Escambia - Covington - Mobile Inland - Baldwin Inland - Mobile Central - Baldwin Central - Escambia Inland - Santa Rosa Inland - Okaloosa Inland - Wayne - Perry - Greene - Stone - George
Effective: Mon, 3/16 9:52am Updated: Mon, 3/16 4:38pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Mon, 3/16 6:00pm Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest
Florida, and southeast Mississippi.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 9 AM CDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

Information: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Rip Current Statement  RIP CURRENT STATEMENT   Rip Current Statement
MOBILE COASTAL
Areas Affected:
Mobile Coastal - Baldwin Coastal - Escambia Coastal - Santa Rosa Coastal - Okaloosa Coastal
Effective: Mon, 3/16 1:39pm Updated: Mon, 3/16 4:38pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Mon, 3/16 7:00pm Severity:  Moderate  Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
* 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 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

Information: 
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.