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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2024, 8:50 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2024, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
958 WHUS42 KJAX 201250 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 850 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-210000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0015.240520T1250Z-240521T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 850 AM EDT Mon May 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 50 min | |
| May 20, 8:54 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 11 hr | |
| May 20, 8:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Brantley | 12 days |
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.