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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2022, 2:28 AM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 26, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2022, 2:28 AM EDT (06:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
County Flagler County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882 WHUS42 KJAX 260628 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 228 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 FLZ133-138-270000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.220426T1200Z-220427T0000Z/ Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 228 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
389 WHUS42 KJAX 261420 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL Issued by National Weather Service New Orleans LA 1020 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 FLZ133-138-262230- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220427T0000Z/ Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1020 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
481 WHUS42 KJAX 262057 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 457 PM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 FLZ133-138-270000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220427T0000Z/ Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 457 PM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
711 WHUS42 KJAX 270015 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 815 PM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 FLZ133-138-270115- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220427T0000Z/ Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 815 PM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 30 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.