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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2024, 2:27 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 26, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2024, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2024, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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 06:30 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
545 WHUS42 KJAX 260627 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 227 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-270900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0013.240426T1800Z-240429T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 227 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Sunday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
695 WHUS42 KJAX 270633 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 233 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 GAZ154-166-280900- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240429T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 233 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-280900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240429T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 233 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
561 WHUS42 KJAX 280638 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 238 AM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-290000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240429T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 238 AM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
494 WHUS42 KJAX 282348 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 748 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-290100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240429T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 748 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 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 26, 2:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 47 hr |
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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.