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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 30, 2018Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2018, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 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 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

688 
WHUS42 KJAX 301442
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1042 AM EDT Mon Jul 30 2018


FLZ124-125-133-138-310000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.180730T1442Z-180731T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
1042 AM EDT Mon Jul 30 2018

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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 until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* TIMING...Through early evening. 

* IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are likely in the surf
  zone today. Always swim near a lifeguard. Please note that 
  stronger currents are also likely around jetties and piers. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a High Risk of rip currents.

Rip currents will be life threatening.

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.

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm.
Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the
shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave
for help. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip
current.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Suwannee	25 min
Jul 29, 9:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Hamilton, Suwannee	93 min
Jul 30, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Union	36 hr
Jul 30, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua, Columbia	36 hr
Jul 30, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JAX	Columbia, Gilchrist	36 hr
Jul 30, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JAX	Baker, Nassau	36 hr
Jul 30, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	34 min
Jul 30, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Alachua	115 min
Jul 30, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Putnam	47 min
Jul 30, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	42 min
Jul 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	44 min

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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.