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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 15, 2016, 2:26 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2016, 2:26 AM EDT (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
322 WHUS42 KJAX 150626 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 226 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016 FLZ033-038-125-160000- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161015T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.161015T0626Z-161017T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.161015T0626Z-161016T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL DUVAL- 226 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN IN DUVAL COUNTY...WITH THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL AND RIVER FLOODING THROUGH SUNDAY AROUND HIGH TIDE. * FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL AND RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WATER INUNDATION COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. SOME OF THE INLAND TRIBUTARIES AND INLETS INCLUDE JULINGTON CREEK... POTTSBURG CREEK... BROWARD RIVER... DURBIN CREEK... DOCTOR'S LAKE... DUNN'S CREEK... HAW CREEK... DEEP CREEK... ORTEGA RIVER... CEDAR RIVER... AND CRESCENT LAKE. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ FLZ025-160000- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161015T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.161015T0626Z-161017T0000Z/ INLAND DUVAL- 226 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN IN DUVAL COUNTY...WITH THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR RIVER FLOODING THROUGH SUNDAY AROUND HIGH TIDE. * FLOODING...MINOR RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER. WATER INUNDATION COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES AND INLETS INCLUDE JULINGTON CREEK... POTTSBURG CREEK...BROWARD RIVER... DURBIN CREEK...DOCTOR'S LAKE... DUNN'S CREEK...HAW CREEK...DEEP CREEK...ORTEGA RIVER... CEDAR RIVER...AND CRESCENT LAKE. && $$ FLZ032-037-160000- /O.EXT.KJAX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161017T0000Z/ CLAY-PUTNAM- 226 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... * FLOODING...EXPECTED ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. DEPARTURES UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND MAY AFFECT SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. RESIDENTS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER... AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES AND INLETS INCLUDE JULINGTON CREEK... POTTSBURG CREEK...BROWARD RIVER... DURBIN CREEK...DOCTOR'S LAKE... DUNN'S CREEK...HAW CREEK...DEEP CREEK...ORTEGA RIVER... CEDAR RIVER...AND CRESCENT LAKE. && $$ FLZ124-GAZ154-166-160000- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.161015T0626Z-161017T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.161015T0626Z-161016T0000Z/ COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 226 AM EDT SAT OCT 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2:26 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 4 days |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.