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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2021, 1:06 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2021, 1:06 AM EST (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 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 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411 WHUS42 KJAX 230606 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 106 AM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-241000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0029.211123T0606Z-211125T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 106 AM EST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
270 WHUS42 KJAX 240555 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1255 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-250000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-211125T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1255 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
098 WHUS42 KJAX 242354 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 654 PM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-250100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-211125T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 654 PM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 1:14 AM EST | Gale Warning | JAX | 11 hr | |
| Nov 23, 1:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 38 hr | |
| Nov 23, 2:34 PM EST | Frost Advisory | JAX | Baker, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 17 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.