Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2011, 9:44 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2011, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2011, 4:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WHUS42 KILM 050144 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 944 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES... NCZ106-108-051400- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0004.110905T1700Z-110906T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 944 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST DURING MONDAY MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH RISK BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF MONDAY MORNING... BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW 7 FOOTERS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY...BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES MONDAY WILL OCCUR AROUND 800 AM AND 915 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DCH
11 follow-up statements
666 WHUS42 KILM 050900 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 500 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES... NCZ110-SCZ054-056-060000- /O.EXB.KILM.RP.S.0004.110905T1200Z-110906T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 500 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF MONDAY MORNING... BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES MONDAY WILL OCCUR AROUND 800 AM AND 915 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ106-108-060000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.110905T1200Z-110906T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 500 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF MONDAY MORNING... BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW 7 FOOTERS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES MONDAY WILL OCCUR AROUND 800 AM AND 915 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM 43
724 WHUS42 KILM 051954 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-061000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 354 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IRENE THROUGH TUESDAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON TUESDAY...BECOMING 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND AND AROUND 6 FEET NEAR CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TUESDAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES OCCUR AROUND 9 PM MONDAY NIGHT AND 9 AM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JDW
309 WHUS42 KILM 052133 CCA CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 532 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-061200- /O.COR.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 532 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA THROUGH TUESDAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON TUESDAY...BECOMING 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND AND AROUND 6 FEET NEAR CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TUESDAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDES OCCUR AROUND 9 PM MONDAY NIGHT AND 9 AM TUESDAY. 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. && $$ JDW
125 WHUS42 KILM 060859 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 459 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-070000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 459 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON TUESDAY...BECOMING 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND NEAR 6 FEET AT CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TUESDAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
489 WHUS42 KILM 061940 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 340 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-071000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 340 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND...AND NEAR 6 FEET AT CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST TONIGHT AND ALL DAY WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1030 PM TONIGHT AND 1030 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ JDW
698 WHUS42 KILM 070853 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 453 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-080000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 453 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND...AND NEAR 6 FEET AT CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND AND 1030 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
508 WHUS42 KILM 071948 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 348 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-081000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 348 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND...AND NEAR 6 FEET AT CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1130 PM WEDNESDAY AND 1130 AM 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. && $$ JDW
974 WHUS42 KILM 080906 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 506 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-090000- /O.NEW.KILM.SU.Y.0002.110908T0906Z-110909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 506 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL NEAR 6 TO 8 FEET ALONG THE CAPE FEAR REGION. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1130 AM TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-090000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 506 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 5 TO 6 FEET ON THE GRAND STRAND...AND 6 TO 8 FEET AT CAPE FEAR. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1130 AM TODAY. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM 43
491 WHUS42 KILM 081916 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 316 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-090000- /O.CAN.KILM.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 316 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL NEAR 6 FEET ALONG THE CAPE FEAR REGION. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-090000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 316 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALL DAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
708 WHUS42 KILM 081957 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 357 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL BEACHES... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-091100- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T1100Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 357 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE 4 TO 6 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...DECREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JDW
594 WHUS42 KILM 090849 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 449 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-091000- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-110909T1100Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 449 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS SUBSIDED AS HURRICANE KATIA MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HIGH RISK HAS SUBSIDED THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WINDS AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS...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. && 47 $$ 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
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.