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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 1, 2020, 2:21 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Jun 1, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2020, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2020, 8:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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
- 747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted.
274 WHUS42 KJAX 010621 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 221 AM EDT Mon Jun 1 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-012100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0021.200601T1200Z-200602T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 221 AM EDT Mon Jun 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
115 WHUS42 KJAX 011716 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 116 PM EDT Mon Jun 1 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-020700- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200602T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 116 PM EDT Mon Jun 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
388 WHUS42 KJAX 020612 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 212 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 FLZ124-GAZ154-166-020715- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200602T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 212 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ125-133-138-030200- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200603T0200Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 212 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
338 WHUS42 KJAX 020616 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 216 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 FLZ124-030200- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200603T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau- 216 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Nassau County. * 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. && $$ FLZ125-133-138-030200- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200603T0200Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 216 AM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
436 WHUS42 KJAX 030032 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 832 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-030145- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200603T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 832 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.