Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2012, 8:39 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2012, 8:39 AM EDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 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
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 618 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WHUS42 KILM 281239 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 839 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-290000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0005.121028T1239Z-121029T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 839 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES TODAY. SWELLS OF 9 FEET AT 10 TO 12 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 7 TO 9 FEET AT THE NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTY BEACHES. AT THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY AND GEORGETOWN BEACHES THE SURF WILL BE 4 TO 6 FEET. * 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 AROUND 130 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
1 follow-up statement
542 WHUS42 KILM 282004 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 404 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 NCZ106-108-290415- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.121029T1100Z-121030T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-121029T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 404 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL LOCAL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TOMORROW. CONTINUED LONG PERIOD HIGH AMPLITUDE SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET AT THE NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTY 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 AROUND 1AM AND 2PM ON MONDAY. 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-SCZ054-056-290000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-121029T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 404 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES TODAY. SWELLS OF 9 FEET AT 10 TO 12 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 7 TO 9 FEET AT THE NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTY BEACHES. AT THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY AND GEORGETOWN BEACHES THE SURF WILL BE 4 TO 6 FEET. * 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 AROUND 130 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 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 28 hr |
| Oct 28, 6:21 PM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 9 hr | |
| Oct 28, 6:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 70 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.