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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 14, 2012, 3:55 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Nov 14, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2012, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 14, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772 WHUS42 KJAX 140855 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 355 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-141700- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0023.121114T1200Z-121115T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 355 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO 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. && $$ MKT
4 follow-up statements
262 WHUS42 KJAX 141300 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 800 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-150000- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0005.121114T1300Z-121114T1600Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-121115T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 800 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL LEVELS WILL REACH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LEVELS WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING ABOUT ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. * TIMING...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
564 WHUS42 KJAX 141621 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1121 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-150000- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121114T1600Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-121115T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1121 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. ANOTHER ROUND OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ JDS
333 WHUS42 KJAX 141702 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1202 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-150115- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0006.121115T1100Z-121115T1700Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-121115T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1202 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL REACH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LEVELS AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING AROUND THE TIME OF THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. * TIMING...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS AND INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN ST. SIMONS ISLAND AROUND 850 AM...IN MAYPORT AROUND 918 AM...AND IN FERNANDINA BEACH AROUND 933 AM. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO A FEW ROAD CLOSURES. 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 COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ JDS
908 WHUS42 KJAX 150015 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 715 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-151500- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-121115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0006.121115T1100Z-121115T1700Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 715 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES WILL REACH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LEVELS AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING AROUND THE TIME OF THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN ST. SIMONS ISLAND AROUND 850 AM...IN MAYPORT AROUND 918 AM...AND IN FERNANDINA BEACH AROUND 933 AM. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO A FEW ROAD CLOSURES. IN ADDITION...AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ ENYEDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 8:00 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 12:02 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 24 hr |
| Nov 14, 6:56 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | 9 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012Every 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.