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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2014, 2:57 AM EST for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Dec 9, 2014, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2014, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2014, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2014, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 13 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 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064 WHUS42 KJAX 090757 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 257 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 FLZ025-033-038-091600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.141209T1000Z-141209T2300Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-141209T1800Z/ DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 257 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE WITH THE MORNING HIGH TIDE... * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG AREA BEACHES DURING HIGH TIDE TUESDAY BETWEEN 10 AM TO NOON. * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON TOMORROW. TIDES WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS THEY WERE ON TUESDAY BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES TO FLUSH OUT OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER...ESTUARY SYSTEM AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AREAS. ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AND BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS AND BEACH GOERS ALONG THE AFFECTED BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL THE SURF SUBSIDES. INTERESTS AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH...VILANO BEACH... SUMMER HAVEN AND OTHER LOCAL BEACHES PRONE TO BEACH EROSION MAY WISH TO SECURE VULNERABLE OBJECTS. INTERESTS IN HISTORIC ST AUGUSTINE NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS THE STREETS NEAR THE BAY MAY FLOOD AGAIN DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 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. && $$ FLZ024-GAZ154-166-091600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.141209T1000Z-141209T2300Z/ NASSAU-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 257 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
613 WHUS42 KJAX 091322 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 822 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 FLZ025-033-038-092300- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-141209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-141209T2300Z/ DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 822 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE WITH THE MORNING HIGH TIDE.. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG AREA BEACHES DURING HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON. * TIMING...THIS MORNING GENERALLY BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. TIDES WILL NOT BE AS HIGH AS THEY WERE ON MONDAY BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES TO FLUSH OUT OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER...ESTUARY SYSTEM AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AREAS. ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AND BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 6 FEET WITH BRIEFLY HIGHER SETS ARE EXPECTED. RESIDENTS AND BEACH GOERS ALONG THE AFFECTED BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL THE SURF SUBSIDES. INTERESTS AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH...VILANO BEACH...SUMMER HAVEN AND OTHER LOCAL BEACHES PRONE TO BEACH EROSION MAY WISH TO SECURE VULNERABLE OBJECTS. INTERESTS IN HISTORIC ST AUGUSTINE NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS THE STREETS NEAR THE BAY MAY FLOOD AGAIN DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 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. && $$ FLZ024-GAZ154-166-092300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-141209T2300Z/ NASSAU-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 822 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WITH BRIEFLY HIGHER SETS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
171 WHUS42 KJAX 091810 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 110 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 FLZ025-033-038-092300- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-141209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-141209T2300Z/ DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER- 110 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS... * IMPACTS...ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER...ESTUARY SYSTEM AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AREAS. ELEVATED SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND BREAKER HEIGHTS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 FEET ARE LIKELY. RESIDENTS AND BEACH GOERS ALONG THE AFFECTED BEACHES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL THE SURF SUBSIDES. INTERESTS AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH...VILANO BEACH...SUMMER HAVEN AND OTHER LOCAL BEACHES PRONE TO BEACH EROSION MAY WISH TO SECURE VULNERABLE OBJECTS. MINOR OVER-WASH FROM HIGH TIDE LEVELS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS MAY LINGER NEAR BEACH ACCESS AREAS. && 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. && $$ FLZ024-GAZ154-166-092300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-141209T2300Z/ NASSAU-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 110 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THERE WILL BE A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS. BREAKER HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET WITH BRIEFLY HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
696 WHUS42 KJAX 092301 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 601 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-100015- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-141209T2300Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 601 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.