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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 31, 2020, 2:37 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Oct 31, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2020, 2:37 AM EDT (06:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2020, 2:34 AM EST
- In force
- 23 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 06:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
174 WHUS42 KJAX 310637 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 237 AM EDT Sat Oct 31 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0032.201031T0900Z-201101T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 237 AM EDT Sat Oct 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
789 WHUS42 KJAX 311915 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 315 PM EDT Sat Oct 31 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-201101T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 315 PM EDT Sat Oct 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
561 WHUS42 KJAX 010734 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 234 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010845- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-201101T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 234 AM EST Sun Nov 1 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.