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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2026, 12:52 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2026, 12:52 AM EST (05:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2026, 7:49 PM EST
- In force
- 13 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 05:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
720 WHUS42 KJAX 180552 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1252 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-190200- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0004.260218T1200Z-260219T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1252 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
156 WHUS42 KJAX 190049 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 749 PM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-190200- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260219T0200Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 749 PM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.