Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

May 20, 2014, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)

In effect from

May 20, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT

Expired

May 20, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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961 
WHUS42 KJAX 200752
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
352 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2014

FLZ024-025-033-038-210000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0004.140520T1100Z-140521T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-
352 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THE THREAT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE DURING
  THE DAY ESPECIALLY BY THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND FLOW
  QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT AND
  STRONGER NEAR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF
  STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. NEVER SWIM ALONE
  AND ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF LIFEGUARDS.

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.

&&

$$

911 
WHUS42 KJAX 210003 AAA
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
803 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2014

FLZ024-025-033-038-210115-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140521T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-
803 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2014

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS ALONG THE NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST.

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.

&&

$$

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014

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.