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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 30, 2022Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2022, 3:03 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2022, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-30Temperature 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 2022-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

065 
WHUS42 KJAX 300703
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
303 AM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-302100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.220330T1200Z-220401T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
303 AM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
335 
WHUS42 KJAX 301830
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
230 PM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-311000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
230 PM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
327 
WHUS42 KJAX 310615
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
215 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

GAZ154-166-010000-
/O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0000Z/
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
215 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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.

&&

$$

FLZ124-125-133-138-010000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
215 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.

&&

$$
361 
WHUS42 KJAX 010020
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
820 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-010130-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220401T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
820 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:29 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more27 hr
Mar 30, 3:00 PM EDTGale WarningJAX29 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.