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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

January 24, 2020Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 24, 2020, 10:10 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2020, 10:10 AM EST (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2020, 11:27 PM EST
In force
13 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 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

824 
WHUS42 KJAX 241510
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1010 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2020

FLZ124-125-133-138-250800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0004.200124T1510Z-200125T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
1010 AM EST Fri Jan 24 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf are expected.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
830 
WHUS42 KJAX 250427
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1127 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2020

FLZ124-125-133-138-250530-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200125T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
1127 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 12:19 AM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryJAX4 hr

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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.