Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2014, 4:55 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 5, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2014, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 5, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022 WHUS42 KILM 050855 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 455 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-060000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.140805T1200Z-140806T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 455 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL PRODUCE THREE TO FIVE FOOT WAVES AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FROM SURF CITY TO MURRELLS INLET. * TIMING AND TIDES...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE AN HOUR OR TWO EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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 43
2 follow-up statements
784 WHUS42 KILM 052055 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NCZ106-108-060500- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.140806T1100Z-140807T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140806T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL PRODUCE THREE TO FIVE FOOT WAVES AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NORTH OF CAPE FEAR THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 945 AM TOMORROW. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FURTHER CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF 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. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-060000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140806T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 455 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL PRODUCE THREE TO FIVE FOOT WAVES AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THESE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND TIDES...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY...BUT STILL EXPECT A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THESE BEACHES TOMORROW. 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. && $$ BJR
952 WHUS42 KILM 052354 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 754 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NCZ106-108-060800- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140806T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0007.140806T1100Z-140807T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 754 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...RESIDUAL LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL RESULT IN THREE TO FIVE FOOT BREAKING WAVES ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE IN EFFECT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE FEAR. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL BE AROUND 945 AM TOMORROW. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...FURTHER CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-060100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140806T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 754 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON WEDNESDAY...A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE BEACHES TOMORROW AS BREAKING WAVES OF TWO TO FOUR FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ BJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:01 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 7 days |
| Aug 5, 9:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 8 hr | |
| Aug 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 12 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2014Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.