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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 22, 2021, 3:35 PM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at May 23, 2021, 2:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2021, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2021, 2:15 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 2:16 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
807 WHUS42 KJAX 221935 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 335 PM EDT Sat May 22 2021 GAZ154-166-230900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.210523T1200Z-210524T0200Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 335 PM EDT Sat May 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous and frequent rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday 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. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-230900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210524T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 335 PM EDT Sat May 22 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous and frequent rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
946 WHUS42 KJAX 230615 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 215 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-232100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210524T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 215 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 4 to 5 feet. * 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-232100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0013.210523T0615Z-210524T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 215 AM EDT Sun May 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 3 to 4 feet. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
587 WHUS42 KJAX 231835 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 235 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-240900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210524T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 235 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021 ...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. && $$ GAZ154-166-240900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210524T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 235 PM EDT Sun May 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
553 WHUS42 KJAX 240616 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 216 AM EDT Mon May 24 2021 GAZ154-166-240730- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210524T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 216 AM EDT Mon May 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-250300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210525T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 216 AM EDT Mon May 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.