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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 3, 2014Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 3, 2014, 11:30 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 3, 2014, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 8 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 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

929 
WHUS42 KJAX 031630
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1130 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-040000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0010.141103T1630Z-141104T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
1130 AM EST MON NOV 3 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS AND EASTERLY SWELLS WILL
  PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE
  LIKELY WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER BREAKERS AT INLETS AND PIERS.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

451 
WHUS42 KJAX 040003
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
703 PM EST MON NOV 3 2014


FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-040115-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-141104T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
703 PM EST MON NOV 3 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...


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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.