Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2023, 3:25 PM EST for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 8, 2023, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2023, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2023, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2023, 8:31 PM EST
- In force
- 39 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 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
072 WHUS42 KJAX 072025 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 325 PM EST Tue Mar 7 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-080900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.230308T1100Z-230309T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 325 PM EST Tue Mar 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
170 WHUS42 KJAX 080647 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 147 AM EST Wed Mar 8 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-082100- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.230308T1100Z-230309T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 147 AM EST Wed Mar 8 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
244 WHUS42 KJAX 081923 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 223 PM EST Wed Mar 8 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-090800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230309T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 223 PM EST Wed Mar 8 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. && $$
313 WHUS42 KJAX 090654 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 154 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 GAZ154-166-090800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230309T0800Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 154 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate rip current risk at southeast Georgia beaches expected Thursday. $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-092100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230310T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 154 AM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
907 WHUS42 KJAX 091759 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1259 PM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-100300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230310T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 1259 PM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
867 WHUS42 KJAX 100131 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 831 PM EST Thu Mar 9 2023 FLZ124-125-133-138-100245- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230310T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 831 PM EST Thu Mar 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:53 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 55 hr | |
| Mar 7, 5:44 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Gilchrist, Marion | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.