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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 20, 2022Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2022, 1:54 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 20, 2022, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2022, 1:54 AM EST (06:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 22, 2022, 4:00 AM EST
In force
49 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 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-02-20Temperature 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 2022-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -124 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

739 
WHUS42 KJAX 200654
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
154 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-212100-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0008.220220T0800Z-220221T2100Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
154 AM EST Sun Feb 20 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
832 
WHUS42 KJAX 212007
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
307 PM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

FLZ124-125-133-138-220900-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-220222T0900Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
307 PM EST Mon Feb 21 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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.

&&

$$

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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.