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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 27, 2023, 3:23 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2023, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2023, 3:06 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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
- 743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
435 WHUS42 KJAX 270723 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 323 AM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-281100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.230427T0723Z-230428T1100Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 323 AM EDT Thu Apr 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
360 WHUS42 KJAX 280706 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 306 AM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-280815- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-230428T1100Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 306 AM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Low to moderate rip current risk expected Friday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Jeff Davis | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Pierce | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols, Pierce and 1 more | 87 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn, Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware | 91 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Glynn | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Charlton | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Glynn | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Alachua | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bradford | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Putnam | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Saint Johns | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 2 hr | |
| Apr 27, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Putnam, Saint Johns | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 47 min | |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Duval, Saint Johns | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 59 min | |
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 92 min | |
| Apr 27, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 min |
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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.