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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 13, 2013Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

068 
WHUS42 KILM 132045
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013


NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-140000-
/O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0012.130713T2045Z-130714T0000Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE PENDER...
  NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...AS WELL AS THE HORRY
  COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
  AS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ENHANCED RIP
  CURRENT ACTIVITY. 5 TO 10 RESCUES DUE TO THE STRONG RIP
  CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TODAY.

* TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 530 PM. 

* OTHER HAZARDS...SOUTHEAST SWELLS AND SURFACE WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH
  WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 5 FEET...EXCEPT
  AROUND 4 FEET FROM NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH TO GEORGETOWN
  COUNTY. SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE CHOPPY.

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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 1:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick	111 min
Jul 13, 5:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	115 min
Jul 13, 6:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus	112 min
Jul 13, 7:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	118 min
Jul 13, 9:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	115 min
Jul 13, 12:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Jul 13, 12:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	113 min
Jul 13, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	112 min
Jul 13, 3:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Marion, Marlboro	85 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	2 hr
Jul 13, 4:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		23 hr
Jul 13, 4:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Williamsburg	53 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	2 hr
Jul 13, 6:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	116 min

Nearby

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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.