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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 25, 2022Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 25, 2022, 9:25 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2022, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
13 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 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 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 12:00Z on 2022-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

432 
WHUS42 KJAX 251325
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
925 AM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-260200-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0015.220425T1325Z-220426T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
925 AM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
157 
WHUS42 KJAX 260132
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
932 PM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-260245-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220426T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
932 PM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

$$

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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.