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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at May 11, 2026, 2:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at May 12, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2026, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
122 WHUS42 KJAX 111847 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 247 PM EDT Mon May 11 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-122000- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0020.260512T1000Z-260513T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 247 PM EDT Mon May 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through late Tuesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
439 WHUS42 KJAX 120704 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 304 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-131000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0020.260512T1000Z-260513T1000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 304 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
051 WHUS42 KJAX 121826 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 226 PM EDT Tue May 12 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-140000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260514T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 226 PM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
716 WHUS42 KJAX 130702 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 302 AM EDT Wed May 13 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-140000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260514T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 302 AM EDT Wed May 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
629 WHUS42 KJAX 132350 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 750 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-140100- /O.EXP.KJAX.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260514T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 750 PM EDT Wed May 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 56 hr | |
| May 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Putnam | 33 min |
| May 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clay, Saint Johns | 27 min |
| May 11, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Flagler | 27 min |
| May 11, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 35 min |
| May 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Saint Johns | 34 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 47 min | |
| May 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Duval | 18 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 34 min | |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | JAX | 29 min | |
| May 11, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Ware | 23 min |
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.