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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2016, 3:53 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2016, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
011 WHUS42 KJAX 190753 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 353 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-200100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.160619T0753Z-160620T0100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 353 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. ROUGH SURF IS ALSO EXPECTED WHICH CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN. LONGSHORE CURRENTS MAY BE STRONG AND PUSH YOU INTO RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. 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. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT, BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS && $$
2 follow-up statements
944 WHUS42 KJAX 191505 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1105 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-201000- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.160619T1505Z-160620T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.S.0002.160619T1505Z-160620T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160620T1000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1105 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH HIGH TIDE TONIGHT... * POSSIBLE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH TONIGHTS HIGH TIDE CYCLE AS TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL COMBINE WITH THE PEAK OF THE FULL MOON TIDAL ANOMALIES TO CREATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING AND PUSHING INTO INLAND WATERWAYS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKERS OF 7 FT AT TIMES. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. HIGH SURF IS ALSO EXPECTED WHICH CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN. LONGSHORE CURRENTS MAY BE STRONG AND PUSH YOU INTO RIP CURRENTS. DURING HIGH TIDE, SOME LOW LYING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ESTUARIES AND ALONG RIVER BANKS. SOME AREAS ALONG BEACH ACCESS POINTS WILL HAVE WATER COME UP TO WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE NEXT HIGH TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS... ST SIMONS ISLAND AT...837 PM. FERNANDINA BEACH AT...917 PM. MAYPORT AT...903 PM. ST AUGUSTINE BEACH AT...832 PM. 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. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA, PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
090 WHUS42 KJAX 200733 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 333 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-210000- /O.CAN.KJAX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160620T1000Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160620T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 333 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. HIGH SURF IS ALSO EXPECTED WHICH CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN. LONGSHORE CURRENTS MAY BE STRONG AND PUSH YOU INTO RIP CURRENTS. DURING HIGH TIDE... SOME LOW LYING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ESTUARIES AND ALONG RIVER BANKS. SOME AREAS ALONG BEACH ACCESS POINTS WILL HAVE WATER COME UP TO WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT... BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP CURRENTS && $$ NELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:52 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 15 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 16 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:05 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 16 hr |
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.