Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 21, 2023, 2:06 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2023, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2023, 11:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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
- 2404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
342 WHUS42 KJAX 210606 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 206 AM EDT Tue Mar 21 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-212100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0010.230321T0606Z-230322T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 206 AM EDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 4 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
748 WHUS42 KJAX 211803 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 203 PM EDT Tue Mar 21 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-220900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230322T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 203 PM EDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 4 to 6 feet. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
475 WHUS42 KJAX 220612 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 212 AM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-230000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 212 AM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf of 3 to 5 feet. * 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. && $$
797 WHUS42 KJAX 221823 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 223 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-230600- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 223 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ GAZ154-166-230000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 223 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
239 WHUS42 KJAX 230003 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 803 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 GAZ154-166-230115- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 803 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-230600- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 803 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$
208 WHUS42 KJAX 230355 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1155 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-230500- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230323T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1155 PM EDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.