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AFOS product PNSJAX
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTCDisplaying AFOS PIL: PNSJAX
Product Timestamp: 2015-06-09 09:34 UTC
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782 NOUS42 KJAX 090934 PNSJAX AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-092130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 534 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...THIS IS RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK... RIP CURRENTS ARE CURRENTS OF WATER MOVING AWAY FROM SHORE. RIP CURRENTS CAN BE FOUND ON MANY SURF BEACHES EVERY DAY. HOWEVER... UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS...THE SPEEDS IN THESE CURRENTS CAN QUICKLY INCREASE TO BECOME DANGEROUS FOR ANY SWIMMER...REGARDLESS OF THEIR SWIMMING SKILLS. TO IDENTIFY RIP CURRENTS LOOK FOR DIFFERENCES IN WATER COLOR OR WATER MOTION...OR A CHANGE IN SHAPE OF THE INCOMING WAVES. LOOK FOR CHANNELS OF CHURNING OR CHOPPY WATER. OFTEN YOU MAY SEE A LINE OF FOAM...SEAWEED OR OTHER DEBRIS MOVING OUT TO SEA. THESE ARE ALL INDICATORS OF RIP CURRENTS. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PROCEED WITH CAUTION IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING IN THE WATER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM TO CONSERVE ENERGY AND THINK CLEARLY. NEVER FIGHT AGAINST THE CURRENT. SWIM OUT OF THE CURRENT IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. WHEN OUT OF THE CURRENT...SWIM AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT AND TOWARD THE SHORE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SWIM OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT...FLOAT OR CALMLY TREAD WATER. WHEN OUT OF THE CURRENT...SWIM TOWARD SHORE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO REACH SHORE... DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY WAVING YOUR ARMS AND YELLING FOR HELP. THE BEST ADVICE IS TO SWIM WHERE LIFEGUARDS ARE PRESENT...IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE SAFETY. THE CHANCES OF DROWNING AT A BEACH PROTECTED BY LIFEGUARDS IS 1 IN 18 MILLION. ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE...DON'T BECOME A VICTIM YOURSELF. MANY PEOPLE DROWN WHILE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE FROM A RIP CURRENT. GET HELP FROM A LIFEGUARD...OR IF ONE IS UNAVAILABLE...HAVE SOMEONE CALL 9 1 1. THROW THE RIP CURRENT VICTIM SOMETHING THAT FLOATS SUCH AS A LIFE JACKET...COOLER OR INFLATABLE BALL. YELL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ESCAPE. THE TIME YOU TAKE TO UNDERSTAND RIP CURRENTS CAN HELP YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES WHEN VISITING THE BEACHES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RIP CURRENTS...YOU CAN VISIT US AT WWW.RIPCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV $$