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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2024, 1:19 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 21, 2024, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2024, 1:19 AM EST (06:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2024, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2024, 7:51 PM EST
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 06:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
562 WHUS42 KJAX 210619 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 119 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 FLZ125-133-138-220730- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0002.240121T0800Z-240122T1800Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 119 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
357 WHUS42 KJAX 210626 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 126 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 FLZ124-220730- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0002.240121T0800Z-240122T1800Z/ Coastal Nassau- 126 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Nassau County. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ125-133-138-220730- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.240121T0800Z-240122T1800Z/ Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 126 AM EST Sun Jan 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Duval, Coastal St. Johns and Coastal Flagler Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
849 WHUS42 KJAX 220658 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 158 AM EST Mon Jan 22 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-230800- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240124T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 158 AM EST Mon Jan 22 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
840 WHUS42 KJAX 230757 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 257 AM EST Tue Jan 23 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-240900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240124T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 257 AM EST Tue Jan 23 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
814 WHUS42 KJAX 240805 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 305 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-250900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240125T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 305 AM EST Wed Jan 24 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
576 WHUS42 KJAX 250822 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 322 AM EST Thu Jan 25 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-260300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240126T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 322 AM EST Thu Jan 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
493 WHUS42 KJAX 260051 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 751 PM EST Thu Jan 25 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-260200- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-240126T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 751 PM EST Thu Jan 25 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1:24 AM EST | Freeze Warning | JAX | Baker, Nassau, Suwannee | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:12 AM EST | Frost Advisory | JAX | Duval, Gilchrist, Union | 23 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.