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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2026, 2:23 AM EDT for Camden County, Glynn County, Georgia; 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2026, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 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, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
595 WHUS42 KJAX 130623 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 223 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-132300- /O.NEW.KJAX.RP.S.0007.260313T0623Z-260313T2300Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 223 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
624 WHUS42 KJAX 131400 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1000 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-140000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260314T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1000 AM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
277 WHUS42 KJAX 131701 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 101 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 FLZ124-125-138-233-333-GAZ154-166-140900- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260314T0900Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 101 PM EDT Fri Mar 13 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and rough surf. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
521 WHUS42 KJAX 140455 CFWJAX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 1255 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 GAZ154-166-140600- /O.CAN.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260314T0900Z/ Coastal Glynn-Coastal Camden- 1255 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ124-125-138-233-333-150000- /O.EXT.KJAX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260315T0000Z/ Coastal Nassau-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler- Northeast Coastal St. Johns-Southeast Coastal St. Johns- 1255 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | JAX | 15 hr |
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.