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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 28, 2022, 1:50 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2022, 1:50 AM EST (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 65 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 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
233 WHUS42 KJAX 280650 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 150 AM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-282100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0009.220228T0650Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 150 AM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf building to 4 to 6 feet at Northeast Florida Beaches and 3 to 5 feet at Southeast Georgia Beaches. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
629 WHUS42 KJAX 281929 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 229 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-011100- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 229 PM EST Mon Feb 28 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
055 WHUS42 KJAX 010650 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 150 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-012100- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 150 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 3 to 6 feet. * 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. && $$
227 WHUS42 KJAX 011848 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 148 PM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-020800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 148 PM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
991 WHUS42 KJAX 020124 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 824 PM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-020900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 824 PM EST Tue Mar 1 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Wednesday. * 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. && $$
200 WHUS42 KJAX 020752 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 252 AM EST Wed Mar 2 2022 GAZ154-166-020900- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220302T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 252 AM EST Wed Mar 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate risk of rip currents today. $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-030000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220303T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 252 AM EST Wed Mar 2 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...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. && $$
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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.