Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 25, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 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 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519 WHUS42 KILM 252101 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 501 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK BEGINNING 7 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE SANDY... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-260945- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0004.121026T1100Z-121027T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 501 PM EDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELL IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BEACHES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SWELL OF 6 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE AT 10 TO 12 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ON FRIDAY. 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 AND PIERS...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THE COASTLINE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1230 PM ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
924 WHUS42 KILM 260850 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 450 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE SANDY... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-270015- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.121026T1100Z-121027T1200Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 450 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELL IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BEACHES EARLY THIS MORNING. SWELL OF 6 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE AT 10 TO 12 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET AT THE LOCAL BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR TODAY BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1230 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 25 hr |
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.