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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 29, 2024, 2:35 AM EST for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 29, 2024, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2024, 2:35 AM EST (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2024, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2024, 2:01 AM EST
- In force
- 46 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 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081 WHUS42 KJAX 290735 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 235 AM EST Thu Feb 29 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-010900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.240229T0900Z-240302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 235 AM EST Thu Feb 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-010900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.240229T0900Z-240301T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 235 AM EST Thu Feb 29 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
068 WHUS42 KJAX 010708 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 208 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2024 GAZ154-166-020900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240302T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 208 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-020900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 208 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
781 WHUS42 KJAX 020701 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 201 AM EST Sat Mar 2 2024 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-020815- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-240302T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 201 AM EST Sat Mar 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.