Rip Current Statement 13, NWS JSJ

Issued

Oct 6, 2015, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

19 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

311 
WHCA42 TJSJ 060851
CFWSJU

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
451 AM AST TUE OCT 6 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY...

.BREAKING WAVES UP TO 6 FEET WILL CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF LIFE
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT JOBOS BEACH IN ISABELA.

PRZ008-061700-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0013.151006T0851Z-151007T0400Z/
NORTHWEST-
451 AM AST TUE OCT 6 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...AT JOBOS BEACH IN ISABELA

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING

* 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. 

&&

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Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015

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