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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 25, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina; New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 26, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WHUS42 KILM 252020 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 420 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-260430- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0008.140826T1100Z-140827T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0054.140825T2300Z-140826T0200Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 420 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NC...TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC. FOR THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER...NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER TO PILE UP ALONG THE BEACHES THIS EVENING. THIS EXCESS WATER WILL COMBINE WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...TO CAUSE WATER RUN-UP AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ABOUT ONE HOUR EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FT...FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. * TIMING AND TIDES...REGARDING COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT...WITH HIGH WATER IMPACTS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 930 PM. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHERE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. * IMPACTS...FOR COASTAL FLOODING...WATER WILL RUN UP TO...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN...THE DUNES AROUND HIGH TIDE...BECOMING A HAZARD TO BEACH-GOERS. WATER WILL SPREAD ONTO THE TYPICAL LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS... INCLUDING SOME WATER FRONT PROPERTY ON THE SOUND SIDE OF CAROLINA BEACH AND NEAR SPRINGMAID PIER. BEACH FRONT ROADWAYS WILL HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON THEM...PRIMARILY FROM SALT WATER BACKING UP THROUGH STORM DRAINS. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY...FURTHER CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ SCZ054-260200- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0054.140825T2300Z-140826T0200Z/ COASTAL HORRY- 420 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NC...TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC. * COASTAL FLOODING...PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER TO PILE UP ALONG THE BEACHES THIS EVENING. THIS EXCESS WATER WILL COMBINE WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON...TO CAUSE WATER RUN-UP AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ABOUT ONE HOUR EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 8 PM TONIGHT...WITH HIGH WATER IMPACTS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 930 PM. * IMPACTS...WATER WILL RUN UP TO...AND POSSIBLY BETWEEN...THE DUNES AROUND HIGH TIDE...BECOMING A HAZARD TO BEACH-GOERS. WATER WILL SPREAD ONTO THE TYPICAL LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS... INCLUDING SOME WATER FRONT PROPERTY ON THE SOUND SIDE OF CAROLINA BEACH AND NEAR SPRINGMAID PIER. BEACH FRONT ROADWAYS WILL HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON THEM...PRIMARILY FROM SALT WATER BACKING UP THROUGH STORM DRAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ 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
6 follow-up statements
852 WHUS42 KILM 260139 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 939 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 .COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE BEACHES...HOWEVER A NEW COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALSO CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY AT EAST-FACING BEACHES. NCZ106-108-SCZ056-260945- /O.CAN.KILM.CF.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-140826T0200Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.140826T1100Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 939 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY FOR EAST-FACING BEACHES. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER...NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FT...FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY...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. && $$ SCZ054-260245- /O.CAN.KILM.CF.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-140826T0200Z/ COASTAL HORRY- 939 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. $$ NCZ107-260400- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0055.140826T0139Z-140826T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 939 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON * COASTAL FLOODING...THE WATER LEVEL ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON GAUGE SHOULD REACH 5.7 FT MLLW. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND THE USS NORTH CAROLINA BATTLESHIP PARKING LOT. WATER MAY ALSO BUBBLE OUT OF THE STORM DRAINS ONTO THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF 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 OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ TRA
004 WHUS42 KILM 260352 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1152 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 .COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE BEACHES...HOWEVER A NEW COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALSO CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY AT EAST-FACING BEACHES. NCZ107-260500- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-140826T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1152 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER... ANY LINGERING HIGH WATER NEAR THE CAPE FEAR RIVER SHOULD RECEDE SHORTLY. $$ NCZ106-108-SCZ056-261200- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.140826T1100Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 1152 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER...NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FT...FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY...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. && $$ TRA
233 WHUS42 KILM 261138 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 738 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 .COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE BEACHES...HOWEVER A NEW COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALSO CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY AT EAST-FACING BEACHES. NCZ106-108-SCZ056-270000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 738 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER...NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FT...FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY...FURTHER CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
663 WHUS42 KILM 261205 CCA CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 803 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-270000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 803 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN PENDER...NEW HANOVER...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FT...FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON TUESDAY...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. && $$
882 WHUS42 KILM 262004 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 404 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 NCZ106-108-270415- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0009.140827T1100Z-140828T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 404 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 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 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF OF AROUND 4 TO 6 FT FROM HURRICANE CRISTOBAL...WHICH IS WELL OFFSHORE...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 330 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY...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. && $$ SCZ056-270000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 404 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...FOR ALL GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF OF AROUND 4 FT FROM HURRICANE CRISTOBAL...WELL OFFSHORE...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THOUGH RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONGEST AROUND LOW TIDE...WHICH OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL FURTHER CREATE 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. && $$ 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
362 WHUS42 KILM 270007 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 807 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 NCZ106-108-270815- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0009.140827T0007Z-140828T0100Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 807 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATION...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BEACHES IN PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF OF AROUND 4 TO 6 FT FROM HURRICANE CRISTOBAL... WHICH IS WELL OFFSHORE...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 330 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY...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. && $$ SCZ056-270115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140827T0000Z/ COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 807 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... AS HURRICANE CRISTOBAL REMAINS WELL OFFSHORE AND CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY MOVE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST...ALONG WITH A DECREASE IN NORTHEAST WINDS...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FOR GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. HOWEVER...GIVEN PERSISTENT MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AND RESIDUAL WAVE ENERGY...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE WARRANTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH SURF HEIGHT AROUND 3 TO 4 FT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 6 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.