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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2016, 2:23 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2016, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
065 WHUS42 KJAX 180623 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 223 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 FLZ033-038-125-190000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.161018T0623Z-161019T0000Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL DUVAL- 223 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. TIDAL DEPARTURES UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. 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. && $$ FLZ025-032-037-190000- /O.CON.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM- 223 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. DEPARTURES UP TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. && $$ FLZ124-190000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.161018T0623Z-161019T0000Z/ COASTAL NASSAU- 223 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
683 WHUS42 KJAX 190021 CFWJAX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 821 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 FLZ033-038-125-200000- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0002.161019T0021Z-161020T0000Z/ ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL DUVAL- 821 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. * FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. && $$ FLZ025-032-037-200000- /O.EXP.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0002.161019T0021Z-161020T0000Z/ INLAND DUVAL-CLAY-PUTNAM- 821 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. * FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE COULD IMPACT SOME PROPERTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS. && $$ FLZ124-190130- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-161019T0000Z/ COASTAL NASSAU- 821 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ JDS
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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.