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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 1, 2023, 2:31 PM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2023, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2023, 2:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
793 WHUS42 KJAX 011831 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 231 PM EDT Sat Jul 1 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-020800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0023.230701T1831Z-230702T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 231 PM EDT Sat Jul 1 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
263 WHUS42 KJAX 020643 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 243 AM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-030900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230703T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 243 AM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
742 WHUS42 KJAX 021847 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 247 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-030900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230703T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 247 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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. && $$
674 WHUS42 KJAX 030648 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 248 AM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-030800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230703T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 248 AM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate Rip Current Risk is expected through July 4th. $$
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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.