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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 27, 2024Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 27, 2024, 3:10 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2024, 3:10 AM EDT (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2024, 2:39 AM EDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2024-03-27Temperature 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 2024-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

501 
WHUS42 KJAX 270710
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
310 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

GAZ154-166-280900-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0010.240327T0710Z-240328T0900Z/
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
310 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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.

&&

$$

FLZ124-125-133-138-280900-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240328T0900Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
310 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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
594 
WHUS42 KJAX 280639
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
239 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

GAZ154-166-280745-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240328T0900Z/
Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden-
239 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

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

$$

FLZ124-125-133-138-290000-
/O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240329T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
239 AM EDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson, Coffee30 min
Mar 27, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch37 min
Mar 27, 2:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch33 min
Mar 27, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXWare31 min
Mar 27, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCoffee44 min
Mar 27, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXJeff Davis19 min
Mar 27, 9:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden40 min
Mar 27, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden23 min
Mar 27, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClinch37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.