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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2026, 11:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 2, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2026, 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 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
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
853 WHUS42 KJAX 020312 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1112 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-030900- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0028.260902T0600Z-260904T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1112 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
192 WHUS42 KJAX 030433 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1233 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-040000- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-260904T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1233 AM EDT Thu Sep 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.