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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 19, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2026, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
168 WHUS42 KJAX 191732 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 132 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-210600- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0016.260420T1200Z-260421T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 132 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From Monday morning through late Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
289 WHUS42 KJAX 200636 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 236 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2026 GAZ154-166-210600- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0016.260420T1200Z-260421T0600Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 236 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ124-125-138-233-333-210600- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0016.260420T1200Z-260421T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 236 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 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. && $$
662 WHUS42 KJAX 210545 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 145 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-220600- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260421T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0017.260421T1200Z-260422T0600Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 145 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ GAZ154-166-210645- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260421T0600Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 145 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:26 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 48 hr | |
| Apr 19, 8:20 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 12 hr |
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.