Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 21, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
959 WHUS42 KILM 212001 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 401 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-221015- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0001.130422T1100Z-130423T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 401 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2013 ...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. * TIDES AND SWELL...EAST-NORTHEAST SWELLS OF 7 TO 8 FEET AT 7 TO 9 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 6 FEET AT THE NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND GEORGETOWN BEACHES ON MONDAY. AT THE BRUNSWICK AND HORRY BEACHES THE SURF WILL BE 4 TO 5 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 RIPS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR MONDAY AROUND 1130 AM. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
733 WHUS42 KILM 220922 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 522 AM EDT MON APR 22 2013 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-230000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.130422T1100Z-130423T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 522 AM EDT MON APR 22 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIDES AND SWELL...EAST-NORTHEAST SWELLS OF 7 FEET WITH PERIODS OF 7 TO 9 SECONDS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 6 FEET AT THE NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND GEORGETOWN BEACHES TODAY. AT THE BRUNSWICK AND HORRY BEACHES NORTH OF MYRTLE BEACH...THE SURF WILL BE 4 TO 5 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 20-25 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIPS WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 2 HOUR WINDOW EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1130 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 47 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
479 WHUS42 KILM 222359 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 759 PM EDT MON APR 22 2013 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-230100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130423T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 759 PM EDT MON APR 22 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... CONDITIONS SUPPORTING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAVE SUBSIDED. THERE IS STILL A MODERATE RIP RISK FOR THE PENDER...NEW HANOVER AND GEORGETOWN BEACHES ON TUESDAY. $$ 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:21 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 16 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2013Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.