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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2023, 1:35 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at May 5, 2023, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2023, 1:35 AM EDT (05:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2023, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 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
- 2162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
917 WHUS42 KJAX 050535 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 135 AM EDT Fri May 5 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-060300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0017.230505T0800Z-230506T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 135 AM EDT Fri May 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
134 WHUS42 KJAX 060248 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1048 PM EDT Fri May 5 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-060400- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-230506T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1048 PM EDT Fri May 5 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.