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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2021, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2021, 2:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
851 WHUS42 KJAX 250650 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 250 AM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-252300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0019.210725T1200Z-210725T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 250 AM EDT Sun Jul 25 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
128 WHUS42 KJAX 251835 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 235 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-260800- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210726T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 235 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
600 WHUS42 KJAX 260659 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 259 AM EDT Mon Jul 26 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-260800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210726T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 259 AM EDT Mon Jul 26 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.