Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this rip current statement at Jan 8, 2016, 12:50 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2016, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted.
370 WHCA42 TJSJ 081850 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 250 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...DIMINISHING LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-013-VIZ001-002-090300- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.160108T1850Z-160109T0900Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 250 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES OF NORTHWESTERN...NORTH...AND NORTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE BEACHES OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...UNTIL 5 AM AST SATURDAY 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. && $$ PRZ011-082100- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.160108T1850Z-160108T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST- 250 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...UNTIL 5 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
311 WHCA42 TJSJ 090228 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1028 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 PRZ010-012-013-VIZ001-002-090330- /O.CAN.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160109T0900Z/ MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 1028 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ PRZ001-002-005-008-091030- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- 1028 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES OF NORTHWESTERN...NORTH...AND NORTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE BEACHES OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...UNTIL 5 AM AST SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
708 WHCA42 TJSJ 090233 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1033 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ALTHOUGH...NORTHERLY SWELL HAS BEEN SUBSIDING...BREAKING WAVES OF 4-6 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE NORTH FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PRZ001-002-005-008-091045- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- 1033 PM AST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...NORTH FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
228 WHCA42 TJSJ 090835 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 435 AM AST SAT JAN 9 2016 ALTHOUGH...NORTHERLY SWELL HAS BEEN SUBSIDING...BREAKING WAVES OF 4-6 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE NORTH FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH TONIGHT. PRZ001-002-005-008-100000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- 435 AM AST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NORTH FACING BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 2016Rip Current Statements in U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.