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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 16, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2021, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120 WHUS42 KJAX 160735 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 335 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-171000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0020.210816T1000Z-210817T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 335 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 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...Rough surf with surf heights of up to 3 to 4 feet expected. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
281 WHUS42 KJAX 161946 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 346 PM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-180000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210818T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 346 PM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
014 WHUS42 KJAX 172359 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 759 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-180100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210818T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 759 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 31 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 37 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 54 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 49 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 54 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 50 min |
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.