Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 25, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WHUS42 KILM 241959 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 359 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-251000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0003.110825T1100Z-110826T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 359 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIDES AND SWELL...HIGH AMPLITUDE...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELL IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BEACHES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SWELL OF 6 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE AT 12 OR 13 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET AT ALL THE LOCAL BEACHES. * RIP CURRENTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE ENERGY RETREATS FROM THE BEACHES. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR NEAR JETTIES...PIERS...AND SAND BARS...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTLINE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY 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. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JDW
1 follow-up statement
136 WHUS42 KILM 250726 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 326 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-260000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0003.110825T1100Z-110826T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 326 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIDES AND SWELL...HIGH AMPLITUDE...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELL IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BEACHES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SWELL OF 6 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE AT 12 OR 13 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET AT ALL THE LOCAL BEACHES. * RIP CURRENTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE ENERGY RETREATS FROM THE BEACHES. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR NEAR JETTIES...PIERS...AND SAND BARS... BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTLINE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence | 91 min |
| Aug 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 39 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2011Rip Current Statements in South 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.