Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 9, 2023, 3:01 AM EST for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2023, 3:01 AM EST (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2023, 8:44 PM EST
- In force
- 42 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, 8.0 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
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
322 WHUS42 KJAX 090801 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 301 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-100900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0002.230209T0801Z-230211T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 301 AM EST Thu Feb 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
315 WHUS42 KJAX 100638 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 138 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230211T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 138 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
290 WHUS42 KJAX 110144 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 844 PM EST Fri Feb 10 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110245- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230211T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 844 PM EST Fri Feb 10 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.