Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 18, 2013, 3:06 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Jan 18, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2013, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2013, 5:38 PM EST
- In force
- 36 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 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WHUS42 KJAX 180806 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 306 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-191100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.130118T1100Z-130119T1100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 306 AM EST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. EAST-NORTHEAST SWELLS AND ROUGH WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTLINE. BREAKERS IN THE 4 TO 6 FEET RANGE WILL PROMOTE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
478 WHUS42 KJAX 190750 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 250 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-192300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 250 AM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... EAST TO NORTHEAST SWELLS AND ROUGH WIND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTLINE. BREAKERS IN THE 4 TO 5 FEET RANGE WILL PROMOTE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
160 WHUS42 KJAX 192238 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 538 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-192345- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130119T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 538 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:03 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Union | 15 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 15 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:03 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Suwannee | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:43 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 29 hr | |
| Jan 18, 5:40 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 4 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.