Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 20, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this rip current statement at Mar 25, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2016, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted.
698 WHCA42 TJSJ 260111 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 911 PM AST FRI MAR 25 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-260915- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.160326T0111Z-160327T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 911 PM AST FRI MAR 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...FROM TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SWIMMERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
393 WHCA42 TJSJ 260720 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 320 AM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-261600- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 320 AM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BEACHGOERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
504 WHCA42 TJSJ 261750 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 150 PM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-270200- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160327T1000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 150 PM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BEACHGOERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. 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. && $$
458 WHCA42 TJSJ 270023 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 823 PM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-270830- /O.EXT.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160328T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 823 PM AST SAT MAR 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...BEACHGOERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
328 WHCA42 TJSJ 270730 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 330 AM AST SUN MAR 27 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-272000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160328T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 330 AM AST SUN MAR 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BEACHGOERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. 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. && $$
882 WHCA42 TJSJ 271728 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 128 PM AST SUN MAR 27 2016 PRZ003-008-VIZ002-280000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-160328T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST-NORTHWEST-ST CROIX- 128 PM AST SUN MAR 27 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ACROSS THE EAST END OF ST CROIX AND SOME BEACHES OF NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BEACHGOERS WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAPABLE OF SWEEPING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE AND INTO THE OPEN OCEAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 2016Rip Current Statements in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
Sources
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