Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2015, 3:49 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2015, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431 WHCA42 TJSJ 300849 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 449 AM AST SUN AUG 30 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .BREAKING WAVES AND MODERATE TO FRESH EAST WINDS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS WILL CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT JOBOS BEACH IN ISABELA. PRZ008-302200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0010.150830T0849Z-150830T2200Z/ NORTHWEST- 449 AM AST SUN AUG 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...JOBOS BEACH IN ISABELA PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
1 follow-up statement
772 WHCA42 TJSJ 302205 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 605 PM AST SUN AUG 30 2015 PRZ008-302315- /O.EXP.TJSJ.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150830T2200Z/ NORTHWEST- 605 PM AST SUN AUG 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR PLAYA JOBOS IN ISABELA...SOME RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF REEFS, JETTIES AND PIERS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | JSJ | 61 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | JSJ | 61 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | JSJ | 45 min | |
| Aug 30, 12:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 3 hr | |
| Aug 30, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JSJ | 63 min | |
| Aug 30, 1:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 114 min |
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Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 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.