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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 18, 2015Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 18, 2015, 10:07 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2015, 10:07 AM EDT (14:07 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 20 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 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

173 
WHUS42 KJAX 181407
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1007 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2015

FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-182215-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0007.150918T1407Z-150919T1000Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
1007 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 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...ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
  OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF
  DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AT
  TIMES. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO
  RIP CURRENTS. CHECK WITH LIFEGUARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

307 
WHUS42 KJAX 181432
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1032 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2015

FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-191000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150919T1000Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
1032 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL 
  OCCUR ALONG THE EAST COAST. ROUGH SURF WILL INCREASE THE RISK 
  OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AT 
  TIMES. BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  RIP CURRENTS. CHECK WITH LIFEGUARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. 

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

&&

$$

929 
WHUS42 KJAX 190933
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
533 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015


FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-191045-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150919T1000Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
533 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

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.