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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 60 min | |
| Apr 21, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 24 min |
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.