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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 15, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT for Duval County, Flagler County, Nassau County, Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2025, 2:58 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
181 WHUS42 KJAX 150700 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 300 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-152030- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0007.250315T2000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 300 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late Sunday night. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
954 WHUS42 KJAX 151723 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 123 PM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-160900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0007.250315T2000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 123 PM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
561 WHUS42 KJAX 160654 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 254 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 GAZ154-166-162300- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 254 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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. && $$ FLZ124-125-133-138-162300- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- 254 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
602 WHUS42 KJAX 161619 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1219 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-170800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1219 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 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. && $$
336 WHUS42 KJAX 170658 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 258 AM EDT Mon Mar 17 2025 FLZ124-125-133-138-GAZ154-166-170800- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250317T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Flagler- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 258 AM EDT Mon Mar 17 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.