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Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 23, 2022, 2:20 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2022, 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2022, 2:43 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 07:19 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, 7.3 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
460 WHUS42 KJAX 230720 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 220 AM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-240200- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0048.221223T0720Z-221224T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 220 AM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
147 WHUS42 KJAX 231943 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 243 PM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-232045- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-221224T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 243 PM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Lower than anticipated surf which has been suppressed by offshore flow has reduced the risk of rip currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:47 PM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Duval, Flagler | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:47 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:47 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 19 hr | |
| Dec 22, 9:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 36 min |
| Dec 22, 10:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Glynn | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 10:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 43 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.