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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Gale Warning | JAX | 29 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.