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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2013, 2:18 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 9, 2013, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2013, 2:18 AM EST (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2013, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969 WHUS42 KJAX 090718 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 218 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-101000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0002.130309T0900Z-130311T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 218 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...EASTERLY SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. BREAKERS IN THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE CAN BE 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
190 WHUS42 KJAX 100710 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 310 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-110800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130311T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 310 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...EASTERLY SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. BREAKERS IN THE 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
950 WHUS42 KJAX 101950 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 350 PM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-111000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130311T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 350 PM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * IMPACTS...EASTERLY SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE 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. && $$
263 WHUS42 KJAX 110632 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 232 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-112300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130311T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 232 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...EASTERLY SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. BREAKERS OF 3 TO 4 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
742 WHUS42 KJAX 112310 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 710 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-120015- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130311T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 710 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
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.