Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2012, 4:54 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 30, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2012, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565 WHUS42 KILM 292054 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 454 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY... THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND INCREASING SWELLS AHEAD OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-301030- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0002.120530T1000Z-120531T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 454 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT FOR ALL BEACHES...EXCEPT...5 TO 7 FEET FOR THE NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 915 AM WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
880 WHUS42 KILM 300856 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 456 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY... THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND INCREASING SWELLS AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL PASS ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-302100- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0002.120530T1000Z-120531T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 456 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT FOR ALL BEACHES...EXCEPT...5 TO 7 FEET FOR THE NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 915 AM WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
029 WHUS42 KILM 302049 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 449 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY... HIGH SEAS RESULTING FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-310000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120531T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 449 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT FOR ALL BEACHES...EXCEPT...5 TO 7 FEET FOR THE NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 1000 PM WEDNESDAY. WHILE THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS GREATEST 2 HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...RIP CURRENTS REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 36 hr |
| May 29, 2:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 44 hr | |
| May 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 41 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.