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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2020, 2:29 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at May 25, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2020, 2:29 AM EDT (06:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2020, 8:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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
- 373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
074 WHUS42 KJAX 250629 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 229 AM EDT Mon May 25 2020 FLZ125-133-138-260800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0020.200525T1500Z-200526T2100Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 229 AM EDT Mon May 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through Tuesday afternoon. * 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. && $$ FLZ124-GAZ154-166-260800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0020.200525T2100Z-200526T2100Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 229 AM EDT Mon May 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
163 WHUS42 KJAX 251847 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 247 PM EDT Mon May 25 2020 FLZ125-133-138-270300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200527T0400Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 247 PM EDT Mon May 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$ FLZ124-GAZ154-166-270300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0020.200525T2100Z-200527T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 247 PM EDT Mon May 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
190 WHUS42 KJAX 270004 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 804 PM EDT Tue May 26 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-270115- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200527T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 804 PM EDT Tue May 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 51 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.