Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2012, 3:55 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2012, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
536 WHUS42 KILM 251955 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-261000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0001.120526T1100Z-120527T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT FOR PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES...AROUND 3 FT AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...AND AROUND 4 FT AT HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...HIGH TIDE WILL PEAK JUST AFTER NOON ON SATURDAY...WITH LOW TIDE PEAKING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
4 follow-up statements
887 WHUS42 KILM 260837 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 437 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-270000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.120526T1100Z-120527T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 437 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT FOR PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES...AROUND 3 FT AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...AND AROUND 4 FT AT HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...HIGH TIDE WILL PEAK JUST AFTER NOON ON SATURDAY...WITH LOW TIDE PEAKING EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
727 WHUS42 KILM 262015 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 415 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-271000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 415 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT FOR PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES...AROUND 4 FT AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...AND 3 TO 4 FT AT HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING...AND AROUND 7 PM EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
537 WHUS42 KILM 270931 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 531 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-280000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 531 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT FOR PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES...AROUND 4 FT AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...AND 3 TO 4 FT AT HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING...AND AROUND 7 PM EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
404 WHUS42 KILM 280015 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 815 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND SEAS HAVE ABATED AND THE THREAT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-280115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 815 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND SEAS HAVE ABATED AND THE THREAT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT HAS ENDED...THERE WILL STILL BE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL BE AROUND 730 AM SUNDAY MORNING...AND AROUND 800 PM SUNDAY EVENING. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:40 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 4 days | |
| May 25, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 43 min |
| May 25, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 47 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2012Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.