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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2020, 3:34 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2020, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 1:48 PM EST
- In force
- 4 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 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
860 WHUS42 KJAX 240834 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 334 AM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-241500- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0038.201224T1500Z-201225T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 334 AM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
219 WHUS42 KJAX 241848 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 148 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-242000- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-201225T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 148 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:32 AM EST | Gale Warning | JAX | 35 hr | |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Marion, Nassau and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:41 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:50 PM EST | Freeze Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 4:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 42 min |
| Dec 24, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 66 min |
| Dec 24, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist, Union | 51 min |
| Dec 24, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 3 more | 48 min |
| Dec 24, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua, Putnam | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 6:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 62 min |
| Dec 24, 6:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 89 min | |
| Dec 24, 6:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 42 min |
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.