Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 12, 2015, 8:58 AM EST for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2015, 8:58 AM EST (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Flagler County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725 WHUS42 KJAX 121358 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 858 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 FLZ033-038-131000- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.150212T1358Z-150213T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.150212T1358Z-150213T1000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER- 858 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKER HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET TODAY BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ELEVATED BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED BREAKER HEIGHTS AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING...AND SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
057 WHUS42 KJAX 130320 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1020 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 FLZ033-038-131000- /O.CON.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1000Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER- 1020 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKER HEIGHTS WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT. * TIMING...ELEVATED BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS WELL AS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS. * IMPACTS...ELEVATED BREAKER HEIGHTS AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING...AND SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ NELSON
427 WHUS42 KJAX 130844 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 344 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 FLZ033-038-140000- /O.CAN.KJAX.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150214T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER- 344 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING...AND SWIMMING IS NOT ADVISED. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:37 AM EST | Freeze Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:58 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Flagler | 19 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:06 PM EST | Gale Warning | JAX | 13 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.