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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 12, 2020, 4:25 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2020, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
868 WHUS42 KJAX 120825 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 425 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-130900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0012.200412T1400Z-200413T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 425 AM EDT Sun Apr 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EDT 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
298 WHUS42 KJAX 130820 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 420 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 GAZ154-166-140000- /O.EXB.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-200414T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 420 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-140000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-200414T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 420 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 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. && $$
486 WHUS42 KJAX 140026 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 826 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-140130- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-200414T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 826 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Gale Watch | JAX | 8 hr | |
| Apr 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 39 hr | |
| Apr 12, 4:15 AM EDT | Gale Warning | JAX | 31 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.