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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2014, 2:56 AM EDT for Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2014, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WHUS42 KJAX 170656 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 256 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-181000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0007.140917T0656Z-140919T1000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 256 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SWELLS FROM EDOUARD ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG AND DANGEROUS...FLOWING 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
692 WHUS42 KJAX 171842 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 242 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-180000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140918T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 242 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...AS SWELLS FROM EDOUARD ENTER THE COASTAL WATERS. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG AND DANGEROUS...FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
122 WHUS42 KJAX 172345 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 745 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2014 FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-180045- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140918T0000Z/ NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 745 PM EDT WED SEP 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 9:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Suwannee | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 22 min |
| Sep 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 49 min |
| Sep 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Glynn | 2 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.