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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 26, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2014, 8:07 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
4 follow-up statements
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
549 WHUS42 KILM 270217 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1017 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 NCZ106-108-271200- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-140828T0100Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 1017 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BEACHES IN PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
248 WHUS42 KILM 270845 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 NCZ106-108-280000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-140828T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 445 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BEACHES IN PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ENERGY AND HIGH SURF OF AROUND 4 TO 6 FT FROM HURRICANE CRISTOBAL... WHICH IS WELL OFFSHORE...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHERE LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 330 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY...FURTHER CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
243 WHUS42 KILM 272359 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 759 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 NCZ106-108-280100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-140828T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 759 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AS HURRICANE CRISTOBAL CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY MOVE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FOR PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. HOWEVER...GIVEN PERSISTENT MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AND RESIDUAL WAVE ENERGY...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE WARRANTED ON THURSDAY 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, 9:39 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 2 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North 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.