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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL

September 28, 2024Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 28, 2024, 2:13 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2024, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
18 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 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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 2024-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

605 
WHUS42 KJAX 280613
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
213 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-290000-
/O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0026.240928T0613Z-240929T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
213 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
895 
WHUS42 KJAX 281754
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
154 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-290000-
/O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240929T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
154 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
854 
WHUS42 KJAX 290009
CFWJAX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

FLZ124-125-133-138-290115-
/O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-240929T0000Z/
Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler-
809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...


$$

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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.