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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Jacksonville, FL

April 21, 20264 counties in Florida

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 21, 2026, 1:45 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2026, 1:45 AM EDT (05:45 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 22, 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

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2026-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -116 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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...



$$

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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.