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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 7, 2022, 9:35 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2022, 9:35 AM EDT (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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
- 1730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
585 WHUS42 KJAX 071335 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 935 AM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-080000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0025.220607T1335Z-220608T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 935 AM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. Lifeguards reports and buoys suggest an enhanced rip current threat today, with strong and life-threatening rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
481 WHUS42 KJAX 072343 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 743 PM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-080045- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-220608T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 743 PM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Gilchrist, Marion and 3 more | 4 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.