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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 2, 2014Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 2, 2014, 2:54 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 2, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2014, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 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 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 6.9 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: 1449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 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.

239 
WHUS42 KJAX 020654
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
254 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-031500-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.140702T1000Z-140703T1500Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
254 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* 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. 

* SURF...BREAKERS HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
  AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH. 

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

824 
WHUS42 KJAX 030617
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
217 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-040000-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140704T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
217 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY
  ALONG LOCAL BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND
  FLOW QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE.

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.

&&

$$

957 
WHUS42 KJAX 032332
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
732 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014


FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-040045-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140704T0000Z/
NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
732 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 3:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		38 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.