Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 3, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WHUS42 KJAX 031404 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1004 AM EDT THU NOV 3 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-032300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.111103T1404Z-111103T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 1004 AM EDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DUE TO MODERATE SIZE LONG PERIOD SWELL AND ONSHORE FLOW RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONG AND FREQUENT TODAY. THE RISK WILL BE HEIGHTENED ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER OR SURFER TO ENTER DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS. BREAKERS OF UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER SURF POSSIBLE NEAR INLETS AND PIERS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
517 WHUS42 KJAX 032243 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 643 PM EDT THU NOV 3 2011 FLZ024-025-033-038-032345- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-111103T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 643 PM EDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COAST HAS WEAKENED THIS EVENING AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
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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.