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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 1, 2025, 12:20 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 1, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2025, 12:20 AM EST (05:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2025, 12:42 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- 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 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
266 WHUS42 KJAX 010520 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1220 AM EST Mon Dec 1 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-020600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0026.251201T0600Z-251202T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1220 AM EST Mon Dec 1 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
094 WHUS42 KJAX 011742 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1242 PM EST Mon Dec 1 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-020600- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-251202T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1242 PM EST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
032 WHUS42 KJAX 020542 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1242 AM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-020645- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-251202T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1242 AM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate risk for rip currents continues at all beaches today. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 12:14 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 48 hr |
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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.