Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

Issued

Mar 5, 2017, 3:53 AM EST (08:53 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 5, 2017, 7:00 AM EST

Expired

Mar 6, 2017, 6:00 PM EST

In force

35 hr

Issued by

NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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571 
WHUS42 KJAX 050853
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
353 AM EST SUN MAR 5 2017

FLZ033-038-124-125-060800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0003.170305T1200Z-170306T2300Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-
353 AM EST SUN MAR 5 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...7 AM SUNDAY THROUGH 7 PM EST MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE
  BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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.

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.

&&

$$

NELSON

812 
WHUS42 KJAX 060722
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
222 AM EST MON MAR 6 2017

FLZ033-038-124-125-062300-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170306T2300Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-
222 AM EST MON MAR 6 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM EST TODAY.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ALONG 
  THE BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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.

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.

&&

$$

495 
WHUS42 KJAX 062304
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
604 PM EST MON MAR 6 2017


FLZ033-038-124-125-070015-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170306T2300Z/
ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-
604 PM EST MON MAR 6 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...


$$

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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.