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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 13, 2025, 10:59 PM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Feb 14, 2025, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2025, 10:59 PM EST (03:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2025, 5:09 PM EST
- In force
- 62 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 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 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
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WHUS42 KJAX 140359 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1059 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-142100- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0002.250214T0800Z-250216T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1059 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 3 AM EST Friday through Saturday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
769 WHUS42 KJAX 141816 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 116 PM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-151000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 116 PM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
298 WHUS42 KJAX 150635 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 135 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-152100- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 135 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and 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. && $$
858 WHUS42 KJAX 151834 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 134 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-160900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 134 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
977 WHUS42 KJAX 160550 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1250 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-162300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1250 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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. && $$
944 WHUS42 KJAX 162209 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 509 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-162315- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250216T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 509 PM EST Sun Feb 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.