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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 10, 2021, 2:33 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 10, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2021, 2:33 AM EDT (06:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
183 WHUS42 KJAX 100633 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 233 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.210410T1200Z-210411T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 233 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
685 WHUS42 KJAX 101839 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 239 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210411T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 239 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
152 WHUS42 KJAX 110012 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 812 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110115- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210411T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 812 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Echols | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton, Pierce, Ware | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Wayne | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 24 hr | |
| Apr 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Marion, Union | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 61 min | |
| Apr 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford, Clay, Duval, Putnam | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 111 min | |
| Apr 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 67 min |
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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.