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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 5, 2016, 3:47 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2016, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2016, 7:52 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
330 WHUS42 KJAX 050747 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 347 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-052030- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0018.161105T0747Z-161106T0900Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 347 AM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF, HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND SOME BEACH EROSION THROUGH THE WEEKEND... * POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS WITH VERY SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING THE MID-DAY HIGH TIDE CYCLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING. * SURF AND BEACH EROSION...VERY ROUGH SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH POSSIBLE BREAKERS UP TO 7 FEET AT TIMES. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED DURING THE MID-DAY HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * RIP CURRENTS...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO ALL SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS AND SURF WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
763 WHUS42 KJAX 051822 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 222 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-060230- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161106T0900Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 222 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF...HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND SOME BEACH EROSION THROUGH SUNDAY... * POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 0.8 TO 1.1 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS WITH VERY SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING THE VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MID-DAY SUNDAY HIGH TIDE CYCLE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING. * SURF AND BEACH EROSION...VERY ROUGH SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH POSSIBLE BREAKERS UP TO 7 FEET AT TIMES. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED DURING THE MID-DAY HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * RIP CURRENTS...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO ALL SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS AND SURF WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$ SCC
374 WHUS42 KJAX 060110 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 910 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-061000- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161106T0900Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 910 PM EDT SAT NOV 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND HIGHER WATER LEVELS WITH SOME BEACH EROSION THROUGH SUNDAY... * POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 0.8 TO 1.1 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS WITH VERY SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MID-DAY SUNDAY HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING. * SURF AND BEACH EROSION...ROUGH SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED DURING THE MID-DAY SUNDAY HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * RIP CURRENTS...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO ALL SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS AND SURF WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$
541 WHUS42 KJAX 060812 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 312 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 GAZ154-166-060915- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161106T0900Z/ COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 312 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT CANCELLED... * COASTAL WATER LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH ACTION STATION. RIP CURRENTS MAY STILL BE LIFE-THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE... WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ FLZ025-032-037-062100- /O.EXA.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM- 312 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SHORELINE OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN... ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS. LOCALIZED MINOR INUNDATION OF WATER IN AND NEAR THE SHORELINE IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS. && $$ FLZ033-038-124-125-062100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161107T0900Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161106T2100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 312 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND HIGHER WATER LEVELS WITH SOME BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE... * POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL DEPARTURES OF HALF A FOOT TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS WITH VERY SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING. * SURF AND BEACH EROSION...ROUGH SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL 6 FOOT BREAKERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PERSISTENT ROUGH SURF AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES. * RIP CURRENTS...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO ALL SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS AND SURF WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE... WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$
925 WHUS42 KJAX 061849 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 149 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-070300- /O.EXT.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161107T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161107T2100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 149 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND HIGHER WATER LEVELS WITH SOME BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE... * POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL DEPARTURES OF HALF A FOOT TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS WITH VERY SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HIGH TIDE CYCLES. THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY HURRICANE MATTHEW AND ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING. * SURF AND BEACH EROSION...ROUGH SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET IS EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL 6 FOOT BREAKERS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PERSISTENT ROUGH SURF AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES. * RIP CURRENTS...A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO ALL SWIMMERS. RIP CURRENTS AND SURF WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. && $$ FLZ025-032-037-070300- /O.EXT.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161107T0500Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM- 149 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SHORELINE OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN... ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS. LOCALIZED MINOR INUNDATION OF WATER IN AND NEAR THE SHORELINE AND MARSHLANDS IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS. && $$ SCC
052 WHUS42 KJAX 070052 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 752 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 FLZ033-125-071000- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161107T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161107T2100Z/ ST. JOHNS-COASTAL DUVAL- 752 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER... * POSSIBLE FLOODING...ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REACH ACTION STAGE BUT REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS. && $$ FLZ038-124-070200- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161107T0500Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-161107T2100Z/ FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU- 752 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CANCELLED... && $$ FLZ025-032-037-071000- /O.EXT.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161107T2100Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM- 752 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2016 ...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER... * POSSIBLE FLOODING...ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. AT THIS TIME WE EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO REACH ACTION STAGE BUT REMAIN JUST BELOW MINOR FLOODING LEVELS AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS. && $$
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.