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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 8, 2020, 3:51 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2020, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2020, 3:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
560 WHUS42 KJAX 080751 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 351 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-082000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0008.200308T0751Z-200309T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 351 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
108 WHUS42 KJAX 081903 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 303 PM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-090800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200309T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 303 PM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
735 WHUS42 KJAX 090734 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 334 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-092115- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200310T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 334 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * 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. && $$
656 WHUS42 KJAX 091825 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 225 PM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 FLZ124-125-133-138-100800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200310T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 225 PM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
042 WHUS42 KJAX 100749 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 349 AM EDT Tue Mar 10 2020 FLZ133-138-102015- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200310T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.200310T0800Z-200311T0700Z/ Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 349 AM EDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf expected. * WHERE...Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * 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. && $$ FLZ124-125-100900- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200310T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval- 349 AM EDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate risk of rip currents. Life-threatening rip currents are still possible. $$
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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.