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Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 28, 2024, 4:35 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 28, 2024, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2024, 4:35 AM EST (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2024, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2024, 6:49 PM EST
- In force
- 13 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 09:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
596 WHUS42 KJAX 280935 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 435 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-290200- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-241229T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0036.241228T1100Z-241229T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 435 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-281045- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0035.000000T0000Z-241228T1100Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 435 AM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
1 follow-up statement
614 WHUS42 KJAX 282349 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 649 PM EST Sat Dec 28 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-290100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-241229T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 649 PM EST Sat Dec 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 9:11 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:58 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 47 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.