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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 22, 2024Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 22, 2024, 2:45 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 22, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2024, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2024, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL

Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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 2024-04-22Temperature 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 2024-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WHUS42 KJAX 220645
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
245 AM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-222030-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0012.240422T1700Z-240424T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
245 AM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...From 1 PM EDT this afternoon through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
862 
WHUS42 KJAX 221825
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
225 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-231000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240424T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
225 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
629 
WHUS42 KJAX 230632
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
232 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-240200-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240424T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
232 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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.

&&

$$
014 
WHUS42 KJAX 240120
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
920 PM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-240230-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240424T0200Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
920 PM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

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


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion28 min
Apr 21, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay, Saint Johns47 min
Apr 21, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningJAX60 min
Apr 21, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns29 min
Apr 21, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion28 min
Apr 21, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXSaint Johns26 min
Apr 21, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion28 min
Apr 21, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion24 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.