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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 6, 2022Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 6, 2022, 2:44 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2022, 2:44 AM EST (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2022, 6:00 PM EST
In force
39 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 07:44 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, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

883 
WHUS42 KJAX 060744
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
244 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-062100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.220206T0744Z-220207T0900Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
244 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and very rough surf expected.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers and
  surfers 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. 

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
839 
WHUS42 KJAX 062040
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
340 PM EST Sun Feb 6 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-070900-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220207T0900Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
340 PM EST Sun Feb 6 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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.

&&

$$
657 
WHUS42 KJAX 070812
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
312 AM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-072300-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220207T2300Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
312 AM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
380 
WHUS42 KJAX 071945
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
245 PM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-072300-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220207T2300Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
245 PM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EST 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.

&&

$$
767 
WHUS42 KJAX 072309
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
609 PM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-080015-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220207T2300Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
609 PM EST Mon Feb 7 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 2:39 AM ESTWind AdvisoryJAXDuval, Nassau17 hr

Nearby

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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.