Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 1, 2013, 5:43 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 1, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2013, 5:43 AM EDT (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552 WHUS42 KILM 010943 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 543 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 NCZ110-020000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.130701T1100Z-130702T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 543 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * SURF HEIGHT...SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL AFFECT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES CREATING A SURF HEIGHT OF 3 FEET...WITH AN OCCASIONAL 4 FOOT WAVE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN TWO HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STRONG RIPS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE CHOPPY WATER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
573 WHUS42 KILM 011946 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 346 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 NCZ107-012300- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0013.130701T2100Z-130701T2300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 346 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS THE CAPE FEAR RIVER RISES TO NEAR 5.50 FEET MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON GAUGE. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT 530 PM. * IMPACTS...AT WATER LEVELS NEAR 5.50 FEET...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD AND RISE INTO THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF THE PARKING LOT OF THE U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL. WATER WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SPREAD OUT OF STORM DRAINS ONTO WATER STREET JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING ALONG THE TIDAL CAPE FEAR RIVER NEAR DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. && $$ NCZ110-020000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130702T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 346 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * SURF HEIGHT...SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL AFFECT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES CREATING A SURF HEIGHT OF 3 FEET...WITH AN OCCASIONAL 4 FOOT WAVE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN TWO HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STRONG RIPS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE CHOPPY WATER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
860 WHUS42 KILM 012311 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 711 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 NCZ107-020015- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130701T2300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 711 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ NCZ110-020015- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130702T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 711 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR AROUND LOW TIDE...AND NEAR JETTIES AND PIERS. * SURF HEIGHT...SOUTHERLY WIND WAVES WILL AFFECT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES CREATING A SURF HEIGHT OF 3 FEET...WITH AN OCCASIONAL 4 FOOT WAVE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN TWO HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STRONG RIPS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE CHOPPY WATER CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ TRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 6:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:10 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen | 7 days |
| Jul 1, 1:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus | 112 min |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 111 min |
| Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 4 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.