Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 4, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993 WHUS42 KILM 042009 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 409 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 NCZ100-051000- /O.NEW.KILM.SU.Y.0001.110405T0800Z-110405T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0001.110405T1200Z-110406T0000Z/ BRUNSWICK- 409 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...AND ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON TO ISSUE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...FOR THE BEACHES. THE HIGHEST BREAKERS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING...WITH THE HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 9 AM. THIS COMBINATION OF LARGE WAVES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...PARTICULARLY IN THE 2 HOUR WINDOW AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM TUESDAY. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ NCZ097-101-051000- /O.NEW.KILM.SU.Y.0001.110405T0800Z-110405T1900Z/ PENDER-NEW HANOVER- 409 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EDT TUESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...A COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...AND ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES ON TUESDAY. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON TO ISSUE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE BEACHES. THE HIGHEST BREAKERS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING NEAR HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND BREAKING WAVES UP TO 8 FEET ARE LIKELY DURING THE MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE SOME LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS. BEACH GOERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF ENTERING THE SURF ZONE...OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER ENTIRELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ JDW
3 follow-up statements
908 WHUS42 KILM 050833 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 433 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 NCZ100-051930- /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110405T1900Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.110405T1200Z-110406T0000Z/ BRUNSWICK- 433 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EDT TUESDAY... ... RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...AND ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON TO ISSUE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...FOR THE BEACHES. THE HIGHEST BREAKERS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING...WITH THE HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AROUND 9 AM. THIS COMBINATION OF LARGE WAVES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...PARTICULARLY IN THE 2 HOUR WINDOW AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 330 PM TUESDAY. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ NCZ097-101-051900- /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110405T1900Z/ PENDER-NEW HANOVER- 433 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...A COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...AND ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES ON TUESDAY. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON TO ISSUE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE BEACHES. THE HIGHEST BREAKERS WILL OCCUR IN THE MORNING NEAR HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND BREAKING WAVES UP TO 8 FEET ARE LIKELY DURING THE MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE SOME LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS. BEACH GOERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF ENTERING THE SURF ZONE...OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER ENTIRELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 47
224 WHUS42 KILM 051544 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1144 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 NCZ100-060000- /O.CAN.KILM.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110405T1900Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110406T0000Z/ BRUNSWICK- 1144 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...AND ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS...PARTICULARLY AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 330 PM. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. WAVES WERE REPORTEDLY BREAKING ON THE BEACHES AT 6 TO 8 FEET EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT HAVE SINCE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ NCZ097-101-051645- /O.CAN.KILM.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110405T1900Z/ PENDER-NEW HANOVER- 1144 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. WAVES WERE REPORTEDLY BREAKING ON THE BEACHES AT 6 TO 8 FEET EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT HAVE SINCE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. $$ RJD
403 WHUS42 KILM 052336 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 736 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 NCZ100-060045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110406T0000Z/ BRUNSWICK- 736 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS NOW ENDED AND A LOW RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. $$ 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:09 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | ILM | 20 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.