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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2022, 10:09 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2022, 10:09 AM EDT (14:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 14:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
069 WHUS42 KJAX 131409 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1009 AM EDT Fri May 13 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-140800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0021.220513T1409Z-220514T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1009 AM EDT Fri May 13 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 36 min |
| May 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 44 min |
| May 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 47 min |
| May 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 13, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 42 min |
| May 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 38 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 51 min |
| May 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 49 min |
| May 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 39 min |
| May 13, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 27 min |
| May 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 36 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.