Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2013, 3:17 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 7, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 81 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2013, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2013, 8:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 81 min
- 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 19:17 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 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WHUS42 KILM 061917 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 317 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-071200- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0004.130607T1100Z-130608T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 317 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS OCEAN CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...ABOUT 1PM...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * SURF HEIGHT...LARGE SOUTH SWELLS WILL CREATE BREAKING WAVES FROM 5 TO 7 FEET OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND 4 TO 5 FEET OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * OTHER HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
083 WHUS42 KILM 071221 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 821 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-071330- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130608T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 821 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE REFERENCING THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW BEING COVERED BY THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSISTS TODAY AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREA CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RIP CURRENT RISK...PLEASE REFERENCE THE TROPICAL STORM ANDREA LOCAL STATEMENT...WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TEXT/HLSILM $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:07 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 36 hr |
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.