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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2022, 2:09 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2022, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2022, 2:09 AM EST
- In force
- 44 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 07:11 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, 7.2 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
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
162 WHUS42 KJAX 160709 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 209 AM EST Wed Feb 16 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-170900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0007.220216T1100Z-220217T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 209 AM EST Wed Feb 16 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through Thursday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
087 WHUS42 KJAX 170712 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 212 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 GAZ154-166-172300- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220217T2300Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 212 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-172300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220217T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 212 AM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
832 WHUS42 KJAX 172008 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 308 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-180800- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220218T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 308 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
796 WHUS42 KJAX 180709 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 209 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-180815- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220218T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 209 AM EST Fri Feb 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.