Persistent breezy onshore flow created an elevated risk of rip currents along the coast.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Persistent breezy onshore flow created an elevated risk of rip currents along the coast.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 9:36 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1036 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2015 .UPDATE... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL MAINTAIN AN ONSHORE FLOW TODAY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST. UPPER RIDGE AXIS OVER THE AREA WITH SUBSIDENCE AND CAPPING INVERSION WILL KEEP MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE. SHALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC COUPLED WITH SOME MODERATE COASTAL CONVERGENCE WILL SPARK A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SOME MEASURABLE RAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO GAINESVILLE WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A 20% CHANCE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...ANY ISOLATED SPRINKLE SHOULD REMAIN TOO LIGHT TO PRODUCE ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND 4K-5K FEET. CEILINGS WILL LOWER SOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH SOME HIGH END MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT TERMINALS NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST. && .MARINE... ONSHORE WINDS AT A SOLID 15 TO 20 KNOTS TODAY WILL BRIEFLY NEAR SCA CRITERIA OF 20 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO SIDE WITH AN EXERCISE CAUTION FOR ALL WATERS SINCE ANY POSSIBLE SCA CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINAL AND SHORT LIVED. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK TODAY WITH ONSHORE FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 85 64 88 68 / 0 0 10 10 SSI 79 71 81 73 / 10 10 20 40 JAX 84 68 85 72 / 10 20 20 20 SGJ 81 73 83 74 / 20 20 30 20 GNV 88 69 87 69 / 20 10 30 10 OCF 89 70 89 70 / 20 20 30 10 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHULER/STRUBLE/WALKER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 251 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2015 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-241000- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 251 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS COASTAL NORTHEAST FLORIDA SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
An 11 year old male swimming at Little Talbot Island Park went missing Saturday afternoon.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Coastal Duval | 2015-05-23 | 11 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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