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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 3, 2021, 2:17 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2021, 2:17 AM EST (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
523 WHUS42 KJAX 030717 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 217 AM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-040000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.210303T1200Z-210304T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 217 AM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
637 WHUS42 KJAX 040002 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 702 PM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-040115- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210304T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 702 PM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 7:32 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
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.