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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 3, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
574 WHUS42 KJAX 030600 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 200 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-040900- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250403T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0011.250403T0600Z-250404T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 200 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-030700- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-250403T1000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 200 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
4 follow-up statements
079 WHUS42 KJAX 040611 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 211 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-050900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-250405T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 211 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
783 WHUS42 KJAX 050616 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 216 AM EDT Sat Apr 5 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-060900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-250406T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 216 AM EDT Sat Apr 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
747 WHUS42 KJAX 060617 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 217 AM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-070900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-250407T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 217 AM EDT Sun Apr 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
987 WHUS42 KJAX 070700 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 300 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-070800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-250407T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 300 AM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.