Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 3, 2013, 5:03 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2013, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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
- 2034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WHUS42 KILM 032103 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 503 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES FOR THE REST OF TODAY... .ONE CONFIRMED RIP CURRENT DROWNING AT OCEAN ISLE BEACH TODAY ALONG WITH NUMEROUS RIP RESCUES ACROSS BRUNSWICK COUNTY. NCZ110-040000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.130703T2103Z-130704T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 503 PM EDT WED JUL 3 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. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY TODAY WITH NUMEROUS RESCUES AND ONE CONFIRMED RIP-RELATED DROWNING. WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIGH RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. * WIND AND WAVES...SWELLS OF 4 TO 5 FEET AT 7 SECONDS COMBINED WITH STRONG AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW ARE PRODUCING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 90 min |
| Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 9 days |
| Jul 3, 9:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Pender | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 57 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.