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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2021, 2:48 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 5, 2021, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2021, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2021, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687 WHUS42 KJAX 050748 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 248 AM EST Fri Mar 5 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-052200- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.210305T1400Z-210306T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 248 AM EST Fri Mar 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 9 AM EST this morning 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
127 WHUS42 KJAX 051156 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 656 AM EST Fri Mar 5 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-060900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.210305T1400Z-210306T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 656 AM EST Fri Mar 5 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
950 WHUS42 KJAX 060731 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 231 AM EST Sat Mar 6 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-062215- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210307T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 231 AM EST Sat Mar 6 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. && $$
502 WHUS42 KJAX 061921 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 221 PM EST Sat Mar 6 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-070900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210307T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 221 PM EST Sat Mar 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
754 WHUS42 KJAX 070642 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 142 AM EST Sun Mar 7 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-081000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210308T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 142 AM EST Sun Mar 7 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. && $$
380 WHUS42 KJAX 080718 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 218 AM EST Mon Mar 8 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-090900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210309T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 218 AM EST Mon Mar 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
210 WHUS42 KJAX 082009 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 309 PM EST Mon Mar 8 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-090900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210310T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 309 PM EST Mon Mar 8 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
075 WHUS42 KJAX 090634 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 134 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-100000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210310T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 134 AM EST Tue Mar 9 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2:10 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 3 days |
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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.