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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2021, 3:03 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2021, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 10:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 1679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted.
501 WHUS42 KJAX 240703 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 303 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-250300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0018.210724T1200Z-210725T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 303 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
148 WHUS42 KJAX 241848 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 248 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-250400- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.210725T0000Z-210725T0400Z/ /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210725T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 248 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding expected. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to midnight EDT tonight. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 11 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ GAZ154-166-250400- /O.NEW.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.210725T0000Z-210725T0400Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 248 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. && $$
181 WHUS42 KJAX 250257 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1057 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-250400- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210725T0400Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210725T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1057 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ GAZ154-166-250400- /O.CAN.KJAX.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210725T0400Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1057 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Flagler, Nassau | 8 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.