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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 29, 2024, 1:32 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2024, 1:32 AM EST (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2024, 6:51 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
546 WHUS42 KJAX 290632 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 132 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-300200- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0037.241229T0632Z-241230T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 132 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
343 WHUS42 KJAX 292351 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 651 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-300100- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-241230T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 651 PM EST Sun Dec 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 9:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton, Suwannee | 41 min |
| Dec 29, 9:53 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 97 min | |
| Dec 29, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Union | 58 min |
| Dec 29, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Union | 60 min |
| Dec 29, 11:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 113 min | |
| Dec 29, 12:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion, Putnam | 51 min |
| Dec 29, 12:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay | 49 min |
| Dec 29, 12:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 32 min |
| Dec 29, 1:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| Dec 29, 1:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 58 min | |
| Dec 29, 1:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 19 min |
| Dec 29, 1:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 64 min | |
| Dec 29, 7:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| Dec 29, 7:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Jeff Davis, Pierce | 64 min |
| Dec 29, 8:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 65 min |
| Dec 29, 9:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 53 min |
Nearby
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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.