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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 23, 2022, 3:29 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2022, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2022, 2:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
299 WHUS42 KJAX 230729 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 329 AM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-240900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0012.220323T1200Z-220324T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 329 AM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
714 WHUS42 KJAX 240647 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 247 AM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-240800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220324T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 247 AM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 2 more | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Bradford, Union | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Duval | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 60 min | |
| Mar 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 90 min | |
| Mar 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 19 min |
| Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 58 min | |
| Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 97 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.