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Rip Current in Coastal St. Johns, Florida
Rip Current July 4, 2023 · Coastal St. Johns, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
St Johns County Marine Rescue reported a rip current drowning about 1.5 miles north of the Fort Matanzas Beach access area. There were 3 others there were rescued and transported to a hospital. There was a large rip current in the area. Surf was about 1-2 feet and semi-choppy. NWS Jacksonville had a moderate rip current risk advertised.
The wider storm
SW steering flow pushed the dominant west coast sea breeze inland with a merger between the Highway 301 and St. Johns River basin during the evening. A moist and unstable airmass near the collision produced a few strong to pulse severe storms.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1106313. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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