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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 6, 2023Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 6, 2023, 2:06 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2023, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2023, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2023, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2023, 1:26 AM EDT
In force
21 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 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WHUS42 KJAX 060606
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
206 AM EDT Sat May 6 2023

FLZ124-125-133-138-070700-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0018.230506T0800Z-230507T0700Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
206 AM EDT Sat May 6 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
212 
WHUS42 KJAX 070526
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
126 AM EDT Sun May 7 2023

FLZ124-125-133-138-070630-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230507T0700Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
126 AM EDT Sun May 7 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.