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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 30, 2020, 1:41 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2020, 1:41 AM EST (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2020, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 26 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 06:43 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925 WHUS42 KJAX 300641 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 141 AM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-310300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.200130T0641Z-200131T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 141 AM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
006 WHUS42 KJAX 301853 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 153 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-310400- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200131T0400Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 153 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
353 WHUS42 KJAX 310055 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 755 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-310900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200131T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 755 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 4 to 6 feet. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Friday. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 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.