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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 4, 2024Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 4, 2024, 2:51 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 4, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2024, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2024, 2:29 AM EDT
In force
20 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 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.9 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 2024-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WHUS42 KJAX 040651
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
251 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-050800-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0017.240704T1000Z-240705T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
251 AM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning 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
879 
WHUS42 KJAX 050629
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
229 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-050730-
/O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-240705T0800Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
229 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Columbia, Union34 min
Jul 3, 8:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Union2 hr
Jul 4, 2:44 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryJAXAlachua, Columbia, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Marion and 2 more15 hr
Jul 4, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXDuval, Nassau82 min
Jul 4, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJAXMarion93 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXMarion35 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.