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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 9, 2020, 1:53 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 9, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 61 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2020, 1:53 AM EST (06:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 7:57 PM EST
- In force
- 61 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 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
461 WHUS42 KJAX 090653 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 153 AM EST Thu Jan 9 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-100600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.200109T1200Z-200110T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 153 AM EST Thu Jan 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
4 follow-up statements
397 WHUS42 KJAX 100201 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 901 PM EST Thu Jan 9 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-101015- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200111T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 901 PM EST Thu Jan 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
773 WHUS42 KJAX 100656 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 156 AM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-111000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200111T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 156 AM EST Fri Jan 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
424 WHUS42 KJAX 110725 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 225 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-120400- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 225 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
168 WHUS42 KJAX 120057 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 757 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-120200- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200112T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 757 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:48 AM EST | Frost Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion, Nassau and 2 more | 7 hr |
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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.