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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 5, 2022, 2:33 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2022, 2:33 AM EST (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 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 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
744 WHUS42 KJAX 050733 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 233 AM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-060800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0001.220105T0733Z-220106T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 233 AM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
256 WHUS42 KJAX 052018 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 318 PM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-060800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220106T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 318 PM EST Wed Jan 5 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:56 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 5, 4:15 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist and 4 more | 5 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.