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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2015, 3:34 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at May 24, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2015, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 WHUS42 KJAX 240734 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 334 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-250900- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150525T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.150524T0900Z-150526T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 334 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LIFE THREATENING. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. 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 && $$
4 follow-up statements
948 WHUS42 KJAX 250245 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1045 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-251045- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1045 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS NEAR 15 MPH AND GUSTY WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LIFE THREATENING. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS && $$
420 WHUS42 KJAX 250732 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 332 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-260000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 332 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LIFE THREATENING. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. 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 && $$
679 WHUS42 KJAX 250732 CCA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 332 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-260000- /O.COR.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 332 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN TODAY... * TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LIFE THREATENING. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS && $$
074 WHUS42 KJAX 251359 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 959 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-260000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 959 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE LIFE THREATENING. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. 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 && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 7 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 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.