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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Jacksonville, FL

December 29, 2024Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2024-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 9:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXHamilton, Suwannee41 min
Dec 29, 9:53 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX97 min
Dec 29, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBaker, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Union58 min
Dec 29, 11:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Union60 min
Dec 29, 11:22 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX113 min
Dec 29, 12:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion, Putnam51 min
Dec 29, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXClay49 min
Dec 29, 12:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXSaint Johns32 min
Dec 29, 1:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXMarion45 min
Dec 29, 1:02 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX58 min
Dec 29, 1:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXFlagler19 min
Dec 29, 1:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningJAX64 min
Dec 29, 7:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAtkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis57 min
Dec 29, 7:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Jeff Davis, Pierce64 min
Dec 29, 8:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXBrantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne65 min
Dec 29, 9:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJAXCamden, Glynn53 min

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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.