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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 57 min |
| Mar 16, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 57 min | |
| Mar 16, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 55 min | |
| Mar 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 31 min | |
| Mar 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Lake | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 31 min | |
| Mar 16, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 21 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.