Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2018, 3:10 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2018, 3:10 AM EST (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 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 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
593 WHUS42 KJAX 070810 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 310 AM EST Wed Mar 7 2018 FLZ033-038-124-125-080000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0003.180307T0810Z-180308T0000Z/ St. Johns-Flagler-Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval- 310 AM EST Wed Mar 7 2018 ...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. * TIMING...Through this evening * IMPACTS...Moderate sized breaking waves will create dangerous surf conditions for swimmers. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
572 WHUS42 KJAX 072358 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 658 PM EST Wed Mar 7 2018 FLZ033-038-124-125-080100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-180308T0000Z/ St. Johns-Flagler-Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval- 658 PM EST Wed Mar 7 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:54 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:33 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.