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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2023, 1:11 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2023, 1:11 AM EST (06:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2023, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
658 WHUS42 KJAX 180611 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 111 AM EST Sat Feb 18 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-182100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0004.230218T1200Z-230219T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 111 AM EST Sat Feb 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
047 WHUS42 KJAX 182118 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 418 PM EST Sat Feb 18 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-190600- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230219T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 418 PM EST Sat Feb 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
116 WHUS42 KJAX 190601 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 101 AM EST Sun Feb 19 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-190715- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230219T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 101 AM EST Sun Feb 19 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Rip current risk has fallen to moderate at northeast Florida beaches. $$
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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.