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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL

February 18, 2023Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-02-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2023-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 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
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

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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.