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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL
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.
- 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
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.