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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2026, 1:16 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2026, 1:16 AM EDT (05:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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 18 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
023 WHUS42 KJAX 300516 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 116 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-310000- /O.CAN.KJAX.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260330T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0012.260330T0600Z-260401T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 116 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$ GAZ154-166-310000- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0012.260330T0600Z-260331T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 116 AM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
100 WHUS42 KJAX 310013 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 813 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 GAZ154-166-310115- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260331T0000Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 813 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ FLZ124-125-138-233-333-310900- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260401T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 813 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
123 WHUS42 KJAX 310630 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 230 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-010000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260401T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 230 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026 ...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. && $$
901 WHUS42 KJAX 312357 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 757 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-010100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260401T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 757 PM EDT Tue Mar 31 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.