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Rip Current Statement 13, 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, 9:10 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2013, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
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 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2013-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2013-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

663 
WHUS42 KILM 140110
CFWILM

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


NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-140215-
/O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0013.130714T0110Z-130714T0200Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
910 PM EDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS AND SURF HAVE SUBSIDED...THUS THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:43 PM EDTFlood WatchILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson17 min
Jul 14, 9:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILMBladen47 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.