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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2012, 2:40 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2012, 2:40 AM EDT (06:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323 WHUS42 KJAX 120640 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 240 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-130300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0015.120912T0640Z-120913T0300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 240 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LONG PERIOD SWELLS AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN ROUGH SURF AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE-THREATENING FOR ANY SWIMMER. IN ADDITION...SURF BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. IT IS ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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. && $$ JCH
1 follow-up statement
384 WHUS42 KJAX 130245 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1045 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-130345- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-120913T0300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1045 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 10 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.