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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 27, 2012, 3:33 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2012, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
947 WHUS42 KJAX 270733 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 333 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-280100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.120627T0800Z-120628T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 333 AM EDT WED JUN 27 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...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...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... 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
464 WHUS42 KJAX 271120 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 720 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-272300- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0003.120627T1120Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.120627T1120Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120628T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 720 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MID AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKER HEIGHTS 5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...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... 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 HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
751 WHUS42 KJAX 271815 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 215 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-280100- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120628T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 215 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MID AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKER HEIGHTS 5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...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... 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 HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
399 WHUS42 KJAX 272303 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 703 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-280100- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.EXP.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120627T2300Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120628T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 703 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF ZONE. LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.| PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
086 WHUS42 KJAX 280111 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 911 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-280215- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120628T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 911 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:20 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:20 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:42 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Alachua | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 116 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 6 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012Rip Current Statements in Florida, 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.