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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 6, 2011, 3:22 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2011, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WHUS42 KJAX 060822 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 322 AM EST TUE DEC 6 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-070000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.111206T0822Z-111207T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 322 AM EST TUE DEC 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO EASTERLY SWELLS AND AN ONSHORE FLOW. * IMPACTS...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL MAKE THE SURF ZONE VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
999 WHUS42 KJAX 062338 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 638 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-070045- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-111207T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 638 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:00 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:44 PM EST | Gale Watch | JAX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:44 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 36 hr |
Nearby
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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.