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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Aug 25, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 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 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WHUS42 KJAX 241850 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 250 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-250900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.140825T1000Z-140826T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 250 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...INCREASING SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
772 WHUS42 KJAX 250842 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 442 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-260400- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.140825T1200Z-140826T0400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.140825T1000Z-140826T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 442 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES TODAY. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO HIGH TIDES. * TIMING...ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDES. HIGH TIDES TODAY AT MAYPORT ARE 952 AM AND 1005 PM...AT ST SIMONS ISLAND 929 AM AND 941 PM...AND AT ST AUGUSTINE BEACH 921 AM AND 937 PM. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND FLOW QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORMAL COASTAL PRONE 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ JDS
028 WHUS42 KJAX 251803 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 203 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-260100- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140826T0400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140826T0100Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 203 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND FLOW QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORMAL COASTAL PRONE 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
346 WHUS42 KJAX 252329 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 729 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-260800- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140826T0400Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 729 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES THIS EVENING. * TIMING...ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND FLOW QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORMALLY PRONE COASTAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
400 WHUS42 KJAX 260410 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1210 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-270000- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140826T0400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 1210 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$
151 WHUS42 KJAX 261811 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 211 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-270000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 211 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CHOPPY AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG AND DANGEROUS AND FLOW QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
247 WHUS42 KJAX 262348 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 748 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-270100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 748 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Union | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 5:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 72 hr | |
| Aug 24, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 118 min | |
| Aug 24, 12:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford, Union | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Union | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 39 min |
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.