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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 11, 2023Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 11, 2023, 1:45 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2023, 1:45 AM EST (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2023, 2:55 AM EST
In force: 25 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, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

864 
WHUS42 KJAX 110645
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
145 AM EST Sat Feb 11 2023

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-120800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0003.230211T0645Z-230212T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
145 AM EST Sat Feb 11 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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

836 
WHUS42 KJAX 120755
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
255 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023

FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-120900-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-230212T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
255 AM EST Sun Feb 12 2023

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 7:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	24 min
Feb 11, 1:47 AM EST	Gale Watch	JAX		13 hr
Feb 11, 2:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	29 min
Feb 11, 2:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	50 min
Feb 11, 2:31 PM EST	Gale Warning	JAX		31 hr
Feb 11, 2:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	JAX		19 hr
Feb 11, 2:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	34 min
Feb 11, 3:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Flagler	32 min
Feb 11, 4:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JAX	Hamilton	2 hr
Feb 11, 5:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Gilchrist	39 min
Feb 11, 5:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Columbia	40 min
Feb 11, 5:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Saint Johns	51 min
Feb 11, 5:56 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		64 min
Feb 11, 6:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	25 min
Feb 11, 6:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Marion	47 min
Feb 11, 6:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Alachua	34 min
Feb 11, 6:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	JAX		53 min
Feb 11, 6:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	JAX	Clay, Putnam	50 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.