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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2017, 12:46 PM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2017, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 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 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
079 WHUS42 KJAX 311646 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1246 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-010100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.170731T1646Z-170801T0100Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1246 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. THE SURF ZONE WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
038 WHUS42 KJAX 010015 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 815 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY... FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-010815- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170802T0400Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 815 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. THE SURF ZONE WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. && $$
645 WHUS42 KJAX 010019 AAA CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 819 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... FLZ033-038-124-125-GAZ154-166-010830- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170802T0400Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 819 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. THE SURF ZONE WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. 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. && $$
956 WHUS42 KJAX 010658 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 258 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... GAZ154-166-010800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170802T0400Z/ COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 258 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BEACHES. $$ FLZ033-038-124-125-020000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170802T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 258 AM EDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. THE SURF ZONE WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ SHULER
836 WHUS42 KJAX 012348 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 748 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2017 FLZ033-038-124-125-020100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170802T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL- 748 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ONSHORE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK. HENCE, THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. && $$ SCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Clay | 13 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017
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.