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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 3, 2026, 2:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2026, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2026, 3:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KNIP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WHUS42 KJAX 030627 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 227 AM EDT Fri Apr 3 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-041000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0014.260403T1000Z-260404T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 227 AM EDT Fri Apr 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
799 WHUS42 KJAX 040711 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 311 AM EDT Sat Apr 4 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-040815- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-260404T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 311 AM EDT Sat Apr 4 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Gilchrist | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Echols | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 23 min |
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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.