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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 7, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2011, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2011, 2:42 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 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 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566 WHUS42 KJAX 070735 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 335 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-080000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0003.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 335 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP TODAY DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER TO ENTER TODAY DUE TO RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
4 follow-up statements
878 WHUS42 KJAX 071744 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 144 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-081400- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T0300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 144 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER TO ENTER THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
867 WHUS42 KJAX 080721 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 321 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-082200- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0002.110908T0721Z-110908T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T1200Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 321 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TODAY DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. BREAKERS OF 6 TO 8 FEET...WITH SOME HIGHER HEIGHTS...ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER TO ENTER DUE TO RIP CURRENTS. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ GAZ154-166-082200- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T1200Z/ COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 321 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER TO ENTER TODAY DUE TO RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
777 WHUS42 KJAX 082112 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 512 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-090830- /O.EXP.KJAX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110908T2100Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T1200Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 512 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE REST OF TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * IMPACTS...THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER. 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-090830- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T1200Z/ COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 512 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO LARGE SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * IMPACTS...THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING FOR ANY SWIMMER AND SURFER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
372 WHUS42 KJAX 090642 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 242 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-090745- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110909T1200Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 242 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:14 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | JAX | 51 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2011Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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.