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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 13, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2016, 10:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 2128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
423 WHUS42 KJAX 130724 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 324 AM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-140800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.160913T1200Z-160915T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 324 AM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. ROUGH SURF MAY ALSO KNOCK YOU DOWN. REMEMBER TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL AND FLAG WARNING SYSTEMS. 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
2 follow-up statements
713 WHUS42 KJAX 131848 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 248 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-140900- /O.NEW.KJAX.SU.Y.0004.160914T0300Z-160914T1400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160915T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 248 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...REACHING 6 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. ROUGH SURF MAY ALSO KNOCK YOU DOWN. REMEMBER TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL AND FLAG WARNING SYSTEMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE... WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE... FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED... FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA, PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
011 WHUS42 KJAX 140228 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1028 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-140330- /O.CAN.KJAX.SU.Y.0004.160914T0300Z-160914T1400Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160915T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1028 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TROPICAL STORM WARNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TROPICAL STORM WARNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COAST FROM JACKSONVILLE NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK AND REPLACES THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 47 min |
| Sep 13, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 47 min |
| Sep 13, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 55 min |
| Sep 13, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 49 min |
| Sep 13, 12:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Glynn | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Sep 13, 2:48 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 8 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:55 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 7 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Glynn | 62 min |
| Sep 13, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Glynn | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 52 min |
| Sep 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 13 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 49 min |
| Sep 13, 4:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 95 min | |
| Sep 13, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 39 min |
| Sep 13, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 88 min | |
| Sep 13, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia, Suwannee, Union | 50 min |
| Sep 13, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 56 min | |
| Sep 13, 2:47 PM EDT | Gale Warning | JAX | 8 hr | |
| Sep 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 49 min |
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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.