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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2018, 10:56 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
- Sep 1, 2018, 10:56 AM EDT (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2018, 7:51 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 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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
- 2404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
951 WHUS42 KJAX 011456 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1056 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 FLZ124-125-133-138-020000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0017.180901T1456Z-180902T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1056 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 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. * 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 life threatening 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
137 WHUS42 KJAX 012351 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 751 PM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 FLZ124-125-133-138-020100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180902T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 751 PM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 21 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.