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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2020, 3:37 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2020, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
256 WHUS42 KJAX 160737 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 337 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-170000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.200416T0800Z-200417T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 337 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
438 WHUS42 KJAX 170006 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 806 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-180000- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200417T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.200417T0006Z-200418T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 806 PM EDT Thu Apr 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.