Rip Current Statement
NWS Jacksonville FL ยท US
Updated
Details
High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 2 AM EDT Saturday... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Late Saturday Night
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
Where
Southeast Georgia Beaches.
When
For the High Surf Advisory, until 2 AM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Saturday night.
Impacts
Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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.
Affected areas
- Coastal Nassau
- Coastal Glynn
- Coastal Camden
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jacksonville FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CTXH1XZAV24FZYEATRY88C
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.588b0d2951aeb7692d918ae9ec743b5033c8310c.004.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Jacksonville FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPJAX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8285
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWJAX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KJAX 251748 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KJAX.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-260927T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f9364e648233f4cdc93ea8de1dc56591adff48f.001.3,2026-09-24T14:04:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79eec8c06ce408826c8cb4f972dc52e4450b55b8.002.3,2026-09-24T13:56:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15308f8482f1ebe6ac3d6eae6bd45e3aa303b47a.002.3,2026-09-24T14:47:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5c34d3d8b0d656b3e85cf8a175bacaaf73101451.002.3,2026-09-24T14:37:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ea884348afe0c4667a454d8ad9aa4e41a56b463d.001.3,2026-09-24T02:32:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6a63aa9a0a6bebce5a3847af38f55d9616367aae.001.2,2026-09-23T15:20:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Nassau
- Coastal Glynn
- Coastal Camden
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012089 |
| SAME | 013127 |
| SAME | 013039 |
| UGC | FLZ124 |
| UGC | GAZ154 |
| UGC | GAZ166 |