CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
342 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

FLZ024-025-033-038-GAZ154-166-012000-
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NASSAU-DUVAL-ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL GLYNN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
342 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE THE FLORIDA AND
GEORGIA COASTS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES
HOWEVER...WILL FEEL FRINGE EFFECTS FROM THE STORM IN THE FORM OF
HIGH SURF AND AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SURF WILL
INCREASE THROUGHOUT TODAY WITH BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE. 7
FOOT BREAKERS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BEGINNING LATE THIS
EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MAXIMUM
VALUES OF 8 FEET LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT TIDE CYCLE WILL
PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING...SOME MINOR BEACH
EROSION IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE IN THE NORMALLY PRONE
AREAS.

THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK
BEGINNING BY MID MORNING AND AN ELEVATED RISK PERSISTING FOR
SEVERAL DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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 AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
 NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:

 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

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