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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 21, 2023, 9:20 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023, 9:20 AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2023, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 13:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
444 WHUS42 KJAX 211320 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 920 AM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-212300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.230421T1320Z-230422T0700Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 920 AM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents, especially this afternoon around low tide. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
632 WHUS42 KJAX 211925 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 325 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-220700- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-230422T0700Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 325 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
784 WHUS42 KJAX 220020 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 820 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-220130- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-230422T0700Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 820 PM EDT Fri Apr 21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.