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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2013, 2:29 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2013, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2013, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 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 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WHUS42 KJAX 130729 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 229 AM EST WED NOV 13 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-131530- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.131113T0729Z-131114T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0010.131113T0729Z-131114T0700Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 229 AM EST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WAVES AND SURF...6 TO 9 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 2 AM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
303 WHUS42 KJAX 131523 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1023 AM EST WED NOV 13 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-140700- /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1023 AM EST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...6 TO 9 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH 2 AM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
008 WHUS42 KJAX 140220 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 920 PM EST WED NOV 13 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-140700- /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 920 PM EST WED NOV 13 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...6 TO 9 FEET. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
825 WHUS42 KJAX 140712 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 212 AM EST THU NOV 14 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-140815- /O.EXP.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131114T0700Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 212 AM EST THU NOV 14 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DECREASED. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 7:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 19 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:29 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 24 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:05 AM EST | Freeze Warning | JAX | Baker, Suwannee | 29 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 37 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2013Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.