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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2015, 2:45 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2015, 2:45 AM EST (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2015, 2:23 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418 WHUS42 KJAX 230745 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 245 AM EST MON NOV 23 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-241100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.151123T0745Z-151124T1100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 245 AM EST MON NOV 23 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. SURF WILL BE ROUGH WITH BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF WILL SUPPORT A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS && $$
1 follow-up statement
672 WHUS42 KJAX 240723 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 223 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-242100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-151124T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0005.151124T0723Z-151126T2300Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 223 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL TIDAL FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGH TIDE CYCLES WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES TODAY IS GENERALLY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM ALONG THE COAST AND 9 AM AND 3 PM FOR THE ST JOHNS RIVER. * IMPACTS...BEACHFRONT INTERESTS MAY WISH TO SECURE PROPERLY ANYTHING THAT COULD WASH AWAY DURING HIGH TIDES. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BASIN AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. VULNERABLE FLOOD AREAS INCLUDE THE SAN MARCO AREA OF JACKSONVILLE...DUNNS CREEK NEAR SATSUMA...AND SPORTSMANS HARBOR NEAR WELAKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ025-032-037-GAZ154-166-242100- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0005.151124T0723Z-151126T2300Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 223 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL TIDAL FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGH TIDE CYCLES WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES TODAY IS GENERALLY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM ALONG THE COAST AND 9 AM AND 3 PM FOR THE ST JOHNS RIVER. * IMPACTS...BEACHFRONT INTERESTS MAY WISH TO SECURE PROPERLY ANYTHING THAT COULD WASH AWAY DURING HIGH TIDES. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BASIN AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. VULNERABLE FLOOD AREAS INCLUDE THE SAN MARCO AREA OF JACKSONVILLE...DUNNS CREEK NEAR SATSUMA...AND SPORTSMANS HARBOR NEAR WELAKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:52 AM EST | Frost Advisory | JAX | Baker, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee | 30 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.