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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2013, 9:09 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2013, 9:09 AM EDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 13:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 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
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
559 WHUS42 KJAX 051309 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 909 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-060000- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130505T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.130505T1309Z-130506T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 909 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE-THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION...SURF BREAKERS AROUND 3 TO 6 FEET WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WATER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
039 WHUS42 KJAX 051858 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 258 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-060000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130506T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 258 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE-THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION...SURF BREAKERS AROUND 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WATER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 38 min |
| May 5, 3:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 92 min |
| May 5, 5:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Glynn | 58 min |
| May 5, 11:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 39 hr |
| May 4, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns | 90 min |
| May 4, 8:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Putnam, Saint Johns | 85 min |
| May 4, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| May 4, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 84 min |
| May 4, 9:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 2 hr |
| May 4, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 64 min |
| May 4, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 91 min | |
| May 4, 11:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Duval | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 61 min | |
| May 5, 11:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | JAX | 9 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.