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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 9, 2025, 1:44 AM EST for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 9, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2025, 1:44 AM EST (06:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
576 WHUS42 KJAX 090644 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 144 AM EST Sun Mar 9 2025 GAZ154-166-100900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0006.250309T1200Z-250310T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 144 AM EST Sun Mar 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:23 PM EST | Flood Watch | JAX | Atkinson, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 38 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 9:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | Charlton | 9 days |
| Mar 9, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.