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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 2, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 06:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 2756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
819 WHUS42 KJAX 020646 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 246 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-030000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0008.210402T1100Z-210403T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 246 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
167 WHUS42 KJAX 022001 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 401 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-031300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210403T1300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 401 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
726 WHUS42 KJAX 030629 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 229 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-040000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210404T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 229 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:49 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:49 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Jeff Davis and 3 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.