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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 7, 2012Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2012, 1:49 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2012, 1:49 AM EST (06:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2012, 12:57 AM EST
In force: 47 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 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

695 
WHUS42 KJAX 070649
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
149 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-072000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.120307T0649Z-120309T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
149 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...LONG FETCH OF EAST WINDS WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF
  RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF
  ZONE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF
  HIGH 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.

&&

$$

JCH

5 follow-up statements

133 
WHUS42 KJAX 071748
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1248 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-080800-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
1248 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* TIMING...LONG FETCH OF EAST WINDS WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF 
  RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
  ZONE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF 
  HIGH 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.

&&

$$

MT

526 
WHUS42 KJAX 080210
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
910 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-081000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
910 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* TIMING...LONG FETCH OF EAST WINDS WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF 
  RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
  ZONE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF 
  HIGH 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.

&&

$$

730 
WHUS42 KJAX 080903
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
403 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-090000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
403 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...LONG FETCH OF EAST WINDS WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF
  RIP CURRENTS WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
  ZONE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF 
  HIGH 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.

&&

$$

JCH

531 
WHUS42 KJAX 082202
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
502 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-090615-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120309T1100Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
502 PM EST THU MAR 8 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...LONG FETCH OF EAST WINDS WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF 
  RIP CURRENTS WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
  ZONE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF 
  HIGH 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.

&&

$$

747 
WHUS42 KJAX 090557
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1257 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-090700-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120309T1100Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
1257 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

$$

PP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 3:14 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Flagler, Nassau	13 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012 Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012 Every rip current statement in 2012

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.