Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2010, 4:39 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at May 25, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2010, 4:39 AM EDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 16 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WHUS42 KJAX 250839 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 439 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-251645- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T1000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 439 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... A COMBINATION OF 3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS AND ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JDS
6 follow-up statements
103 WHUS42 KJAX 250905 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 505 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-261000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T1000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 505 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... A COMBINATION OF 3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS AND ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JDS
902 WHUS42 KJAX 260730 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 330 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-262000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100526T2000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 330 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... A COMBINATION OF 3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS AND ONSHORE WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING AND PRIOR TO LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
128 WHUS42 KJAX 261843 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 243 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-270000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 243 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A COMBINATION OF 4 TO 6 FOOT BREAKERS AND ONSHORE WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
026 WHUS42 KJAX 262343 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 743 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-271200- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T1200Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 743 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
282 WHUS42 KJAX 270743 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 343 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2010 GAZ154-166-270845- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T1200Z/ COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 343 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY. $$ FLZ024-025-033-038-272100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T2100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 343 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...PARTICULARLY TOWARD MID AFTERNOON LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
950 WHUS42 KJAX 272201 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 600 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-272230- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T2100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 600 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... LONG PERIOD SWELLS ARE DECREASING AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2010Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2010Every rip current statement in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.