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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 10, 2024, 2:30 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 10, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2024, 2:30 AM EDT (06:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
617 WHUS42 KJAX 100630 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 230 AM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-110800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0011.240410T0800Z-240411T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 230 AM EDT Wed Apr 10 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
469 WHUS42 KJAX 110621 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 221 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-120000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240412T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 221 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:57 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:35 PM EDT | Gale Warning | JAX | 36 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.