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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 13, 2017, 2:02 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 13, 2017, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2017, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 13, 2017, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
901 WHUS42 KJAX 130702 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 202 AM EST MON NOV 13 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-141000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0021.171113T1500Z-171115T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 202 AM EST MON NOV 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. 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 SIGN. && $$
6 follow-up statements
862 WHUS42 KJAX 132042 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 342 PM EST MON NOV 13 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-141000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171115T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 342 PM EST MON NOV 13 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TUESDAY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGN. && $$
628 WHUS42 KJAX 140640 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 140 AM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-150000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171115T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 140 AM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TUESDAY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. 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 SIGN. && $$
855 WHUS42 KJAX 142003 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 303 PM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-150415- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171116T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 303 PM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TUESDAY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGN. && $$
143 WHUS42 KJAX 142017 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 317 PM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-150830- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171116T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 317 PM EST TUE NOV 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. 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 SIGN. && $$
020 WHUS42 KJAX 150607 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 107 AM EST WED NOV 15 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-160000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171116T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 107 AM EST WED NOV 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE CYCLES. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES. ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANY SWIMMER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGN. && $$
737 WHUS42 KJAX 152341 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 641 PM EST WED NOV 15 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-160045- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-171116T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 641 PM EST WED NOV 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS ALONG FIRST COAST BEACHES ARE ANTICIPATED TO WANE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES FURTHER DURING THE NOCTURNAL HOURS ALLOWING THE RISKS OF RIP CURRENTS TO DIMINISH. $$ SCC
Nearby
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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.