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Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2020, 1:42 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2020, 1:42 AM EST (06:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2020, 1:54 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
336 WHUS42 KJAX 230642 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 142 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-240900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0036.201123T1200Z-201124T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 142 AM EST Mon Nov 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
583 WHUS42 KJAX 240654 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 154 AM EST Tue Nov 24 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-240800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-201124T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 154 AM EST Tue Nov 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 1:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 24 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.