Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 32, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2015, 8:36 PM CST. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2015, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 70 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
748 WHCA42 TJSJ 250236 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1036 PM AST THU DEC 24 2015 ...FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ROUGH SEAS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... PRZ001-002-005-008-VIZ002-251200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0032.151225T0236Z-151225T1200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 1036 PM AST THU DEC 24 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL AT LEAST 8 AM AST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
409 WHCA42 TJSJ 250824 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 424 AM AST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ROUGH SEAS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... PRZ001-002-005-008-VIZ002-260200- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151226T0200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 424 AM AST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
281 WHCA42 TJSJ 252318 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 718 PM AST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ROUGH SEAS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... PRZ001-002-005-008-VIZ002-270000- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 718 PM AST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. 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. && $$
409 WHCA42 TJSJ 270000 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 800 PM AST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ROUGH SEAS...LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES... PRZ001-002-005-008-VIZ002-280000- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151228T0100Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 800 PM AST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 2015Rip Current Statements in U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.