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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 8, 2013, 2:44 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 8, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2013, 2:44 AM EST (07:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2013, 1:09 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
065 WHUS42 KJAX 080744 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 244 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-082000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.131108T1100Z-131109T1100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 244 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY WILL ENHANCE THE RIP CURRENT RISK IN THE SURF ZONE. * IMPACTS...BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BUILD INTO THE 4 TO 6 FEET RANGE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE AROUND MID-DAY WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES AROUND ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE NORMAL BUT SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LEVELS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
857 WHUS42 KJAX 081851 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 151 PM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-091100- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-131109T1100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 151 PM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY WILL ENHANCE THE RIP CURRENT RISK IN THE SURF ZONE. * IMPACTS...BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BUILD INTO THE 4 TO 6 FEET RANGE. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE AROUND TONIGHT WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES AROUND ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE NORMAL BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
143 WHUS42 KJAX 090609 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 109 AM EST SAT NOV 9 2013 FLZ024-025-033-038-090715- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-131109T1100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 109 AM EST SAT NOV 9 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 ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2:15 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Flagler, Nassau | 17 hr |
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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.