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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 6, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506 WHUS42 KJAX 070025 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 825 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-070830- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0004.120407T0200Z-120408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0400Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 825 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDES OF ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION CAN BE EXPECTED. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF ZONE. LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ PP
2 follow-up statements
267 WHUS42 KJAX 070326 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1126 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-072300- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1126 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE TODAY. BEACH GOERS ALONG THE AFFECTED BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ ENYEDI
479 WHUS42 KJAX 070744 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 344 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-080000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 344 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED SURF WILL CONTINUE TODAY. BEACH GOERS ALONG THE AFFECTED BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. BREAKERS WILL REACH INTO THE 4 TO 6 FEET RANGE AND MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL BUT COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 20 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:32 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 20 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:57 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 16 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.