Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
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
5 follow-up statements
717 WHUS42 KILM 290042 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 842 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 NCZ106-108-290845- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.121029T1100Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 842 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL LOCAL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES ON MONDAY. CONTINUED LONG PERIOD HIGH AMPLITUDE SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 5 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
772 WHUS42 KILM 290713 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 313 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 NCZ107-291600- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0035.121029T1200Z-121029T1600Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 313 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON EDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON EDT TODAY. * LOCATION...A FEW INCHES OF WATER WILL ACCUMULATE ON BATTLESHIP ROAD...NORTH OF THE CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE. WATER WILL ALSO COLLECT IN THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF USS NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. A BLOCK OF WATER STREET...JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET...MAY EXPERIENCE WATER SPREADING OUT OF THE STORM DRAINS TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY COVER THE ROAD FOR A TIME. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE RIVER GAUGE IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON IS EXPECTED TO REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 5.5 FT. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...STANDING WATER ON A FEW ROADWAYS ADJOINING THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-291600- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.121029T1100Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 313 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL LOCAL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES. CONTINUED LONG PERIOD HIGH AMPLITUDE SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 5 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. THE NEXT LOW TIDE IS AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ RJD PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
417 WHUS42 KILM 291051 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 651 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 NCZ107-291600- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0035.121029T1200Z-121029T1600Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 651 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * LOCATION...A HALF FOOT OR SO OF WATER IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD AND USS NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ONTO RIVER ROAD ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF CAPE BOULEVARD. IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER ABOUT A BLOCK OF WATER STREET NEAR MARKET STREET. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE RIVER GAUGE IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR 6 FT. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...STANDING WATER ON A FEW ROADWAYS ADJOINING THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-291900- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.121029T1100Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 651 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL LOCAL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES. CONTINUED LONG PERIOD HIGH AMPLITUDE SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 2 TO 3 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. THE NEXT LOW TIDE IS AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ RJD PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
931 WHUS42 KILM 291603 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1203 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 NCZ107-291715- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121029T1600Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1203 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ NCZ106-108-300000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 1203 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL LOCAL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC. * TIDES AND SWELL...LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEACHES. CONTINUED LONG PERIOD HIGH AMPLITUDE SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 2 TO 3 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. THE NEXT LOW TIDE IS AROUND 2 PM 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
626 WHUS42 KILM 292349 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 749 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... NCZ106-108-300100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 749 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE SANDY HAVE DIMINISHED ALLOWING FOR THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO END THIS EVENING. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TUESDAY IS STILL IN EFFECT. $$ 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, 8:39 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 11 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North 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.