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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 4, 2025, 2:46 AM EST for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2025, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2025, 2:46 AM EST (07:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2025, 2:25 AM EST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 732 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
520 WHUS42 KJAX 040746 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 246 AM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-050900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.250304T1200Z-250306T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 246 AM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Wednesday 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-050900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0005.250304T1200Z-250305T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 246 AM EST Tue Mar 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
4 follow-up statements
797 WHUS42 KJAX 050732 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 232 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 GAZ154-166-060300- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250306T0300Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 232 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-060300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250306T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 232 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
694 WHUS42 KJAX 051838 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 138 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-060300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250306T0300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 138 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EST 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. && $$
015 WHUS42 KJAX 060006 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 706 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-060800- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250306T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 706 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 3 AM EST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
401 WHUS42 KJAX 060725 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 225 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-060830- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250306T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 225 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:50 AM EST | Gale Watch | JAX | 8 hr | |
| Mar 4, 11:01 AM EST | Gale Warning | JAX | 53 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.