Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 27, 2015, 5:43 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 27, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2015, 5:43 AM EDT (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:44 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 00:00Z, 9.7 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919 WHUS42 KILM 270943 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 543 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 NCZ106-108-271745- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0036.150927T0943Z-150927T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0010.150927T1000Z-150928T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 543 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AS MUCH AS ONE-HALF FOOT ABOVE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS AT HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ107-271400- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0036.150927T1100Z-150927T1400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 543 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILL PEAK JUST OVER 6 FEET MLLW THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK AROUND 9 AM AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER 10 AM. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD...WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND CANAL DRIVE OF CAROLINA BEACH...WILL BE COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
170 WHUS42 KILM 271304 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 904 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 NCZ106-108-272115- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-150927T1300Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150928T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 904 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACHES... * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ107-271415- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-150927T1400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 904 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILL PEAK JUST OVER 6 FEET MLLW THIS MORNING. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK AROUND 9 AM AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER 10 AM. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD...WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND CANAL DRIVE OF CAROLINA BEACH...WILL BE COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
397 WHUS42 KILM 271426 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1026 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 NCZ107-271530- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-150927T1400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1026 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WATER LEVELS ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON HAVE DROPPED BELOW COASTAL FLOOD THRESHOLDS. $$ NCZ106-108-272230- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150928T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 1026 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS...MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
503 WHUS42 KILM 271937 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 337 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 NCZ106-108-280400- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0037.150927T2100Z-150928T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0011.150928T1200Z-150929T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150928T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 337 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * COASTAL FLOODING... * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 230 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-280400- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0037.150927T2100Z-150928T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0011.150928T1200Z-150929T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 337 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE UP TO A FOOT ABOVE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS AT HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. ANY FLOODING WILL RECEDE BY 9 PM. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 230 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE.* LOCATION... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ107-280400- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0037.150928T0000Z-150928T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 337 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILL PEAK OVER 6 FT MLLW MID EVENING. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD...WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND CANAL DRIVE OF CAROLINA BEACH...WILL BE COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
003 WHUS42 KILM 280007 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 807 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 NCZ106-108-280815- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150928T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-150928T0100Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0011.150928T1200Z-150929T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 807 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * COASTAL FLOODING... * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 230 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-280815- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-150928T0100Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0011.150928T1200Z-150929T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 807 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL EAST FACING BEACHES FROM FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE UP TO A FOOT ABOVE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS AT HIGH TIDE. * IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. ANY FLOODING WILL RECEDE BY 9 PM. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 230 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE.* LOCATION... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ107-280400- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-150928T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 807 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WILL PEAK OVER 6 FT MLLW MID EVENING. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD...WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND CANAL DRIVE OF CAROLINA BEACH...WILL BE COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 5:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 34 hr | |
| Sep 27, 5:43 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 28 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.