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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2010, 3:42 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Sep 1, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2010, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2010, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 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 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462 WHUS42 KJAX 010742 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 342 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-012000- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.100902T0400Z-100903T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.100901T1200Z-100903T0900Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 342 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOWEVER...WILL FEEL FRINGE EFFECTS FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF HIGH SURF AND AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT TODAY WITH BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE. 7 FOOT BREAKERS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MAXIMUM VALUES OF 8 FEET LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TIDE CYCLE WILL PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN THE NORMALLY PRONE AREAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK BEGINNING BY MID MORNING AND AN ELEVATED RISK PERSISTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && 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 $$ DEESE
4 follow-up statements
637 WHUS42 KJAX 011424 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1024 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-020900- /O.EXT.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.100901T1600Z-100903T0900Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1024 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY. HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOWEVER...WILL FEEL FRINGE EFFECTS FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT TODAY WITH BREAKERS OF 5 TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. 7 FOOT BREAKERS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MAXIMUM VALUES AROUND 10 FEET LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TIDE CYCLE WILL PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN NORMALLY PRONE AREAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK PERSISTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && 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 $$
617 WHUS42 KJAX 020756 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 356 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-022000- /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 356 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOWEVER...WILL FEEL FRINGE EFFECTS FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT TODAY WITH BREAKERS OF 6 TO 8 FEET EXPECTED WITH MAXIMUM VALUES OF 10 FEET LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TIDE CYCLE WILL PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN NORMALLY PRONE AREAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY WITH AN ELEVATED RISK PERSISTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && 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 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 $$
369 WHUS42 KJAX 021812 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 212 PM EDT THU SEP 2 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-030900- /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 212 PM EDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY. HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CAROLINA COASTLINE TONIGHT. THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES HOWEVER...WILL FEEL FRINGE EFFECTS FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL BE HIGH INTO TONIGHT WITH BREAKERS OF 7 TO 10 FEET EXPECTED. OCCASIONAL BREAKERS OF 10 FEET WERE REPORTED IN FLAGLER BEACH THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TIDE CYCLE WILL PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN NORMALLY PRONE AREAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH AN ELEVATED RISK PERSISTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO LINGERING SWELLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && 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 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 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 $$
322 WHUS42 KJAX 030815 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 415 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-030915- /O.CAN.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-100903T0900Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 415 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AT AREA BEACHES. SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && 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 $$ CARROLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:42 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 49 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 11 hr |
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.