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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 7, 2026, 2:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia. It took effect at Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2026, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 2049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WHUS42 KJAX 071829 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 229 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2026 GAZ154-166-080800- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0029.260908T1200Z-260909T0800Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 229 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
448 WHUS42 KJAX 080452 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1252 AM EDT Tue Sep 8 2026 FLZ124-125-233-333-090800- /O.EXA.KJAX.RP.S.0029.260908T1200Z-260909T0800Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Northeast Coastal St. Johns- Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1252 AM EDT Tue Sep 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Nassau, Coastal Duval, Northeast Coastal St. Johns and Southeast Coastal St. Johns Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ GAZ154-166-090800- /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0029.260908T1200Z-260909T0800Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1252 AM EDT Tue Sep 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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. && $$
704 WHUS42 KJAX 090544 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 144 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 FLZ138-100000- /O.EXB.KJAX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-260910T0000Z/ Coastal Flagler- 144 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Flagler County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ124-125-233-333-GAZ154-166-100000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-260910T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Northeast Coastal St. Johns- Southeast Coastal St. Johns-Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 144 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 6, 11:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 11:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Nassau | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Baker | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Alachua | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Columbia | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Suwannee | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Marion | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 71 min |
| Sep 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Marion | 99 min |
| Sep 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 60 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.