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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 16, 2022Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 16, 2022, 2:24 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 16, 2022, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2022, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2022, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

381 
WHUS42 KJAX 160624
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
224 AM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-170000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0011.220316T0700Z-220317T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
224 AM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
462 
WHUS42 KJAX 162356
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
756 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-170100-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-220317T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
756 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion41 min
Mar 15, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam36 min
Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDTTornado WarningJAXMarion59 min
Mar 15, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXPutnam43 min
Mar 16, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler, Putnam, Saint Johns57 min
Mar 16, 10:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX57 min
Mar 16, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX55 min
Mar 16, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX31 min
Mar 16, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXLake33 min
Mar 16, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX31 min
Mar 16, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX21 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.