Alert archive / U.S. Virgin Islands / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2017, 2:35 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2017, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2017, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted.
659 WHCA42 TJSJ 070835 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 435 AM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 INCREASING EASTERLY TRADE WINDS AND A NORTHEASTERLY SWELL WILL HELP CREATE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTH FACING COASTLINES. PRZ001-002-005-008-012-VIZ001-002-072200- /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.170107T1000Z-170108T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- ST.THOMAS...ST. JOHN.. AND ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 435 AM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 5-8 FEET WILL CREATE STRONG CURRENTS THAT CAN CARRY EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
730 WHCA42 TJSJ 071754 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 154 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION PRZ001-002-005-008-012-VIZ001-002-080000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- ST.THOMAS...ST. JOHN.. AND ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 154 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 5-8 FEET WILL CREATE STRONG CURRENTS THAT CAN CARRY EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
382 WHCA42 TJSJ 071823 CCA CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 223 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 LONG PERIOD SWELL ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHEAST ARE ADDING TO THE WIND DRIVEN SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC AND PASSAGES CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. PRZ001-002-005-008-012-VIZ001-002-080000- /O.CON.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- ST.THOMAS...ST. JOHN.. AND ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 223 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 5-8 FEET WILL CREATE STRONG CURRENTS THAT CAN CARRY EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA. 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. && $$
963 WHCA42 TJSJ 080009 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 809 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 SWELL ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHEAST IS ADDING TO THE WIND DRIVEN SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC AND PASSAGES CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. PRZ001-002-005-008-012-VIZ002-081000- /O.EXP.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0003.170108T0009Z-170108T2200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST-CULEBRA- ST CROIX- 809 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND SAINT CROIX. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM AST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 5-8 FEET WILL CREATE STRONG CURRENTS THAT CAN CARRY EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ VIZ001-080115- /O.EXP.TJSJ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T0000Z/ ST.THOMAS...ST. JOHN.. AND ADJACENT ISLANDS- 809 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND GUIDANCE SUGGEST A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN. $$
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Rip Current Statements in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2017Rip Current Statements in Puerto Rico, 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.