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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 31, 2021, 8:57 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2021, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2021, 1:41 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
879 WHUS42 KJAX 311257 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 857 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.210531T1300Z-210601T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 857 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The Volunteer Life Saving Corps at Jacksonville Beach have already reported numerous rip currents early this morning. Surf conditions will remain favorable for the formation of dangerous rip currents today at all area beaches. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
382 WHUS42 KJAX 010541 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 141 AM EDT Tue Jun 1 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010645- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210601T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 141 AM EDT Tue Jun 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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.