Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 30, 2015, 12:47 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2015, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743 WHUS42 KILM 301647 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1247 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 SCZ054-056-310000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.150730T1647Z-150731T0000Z/ COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 1247 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...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. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES... INCLUDING MYRTLE BEACH. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 1 PM...AND THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURS 2 HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TRA
1 follow-up statement
880 WHUS42 KILM 301926 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 326 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 NCZ107-310300- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0025.150731T0000Z-150731T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 326 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SHOULD REACH 5.8 FEET MLLW THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR JUST BEFORE 10 PM. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD WILL BE COVERED BY WATER ABOUT 3 INCHES DEEP. THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO SIX INCHES OF WATER. A SMALL PORTION OF WATER STREET WILL BE COVERED BY ABOUT THREE INCHES OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF THE MARKET STREET INTERSECTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ SCZ054-056-310000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150731T0000Z/ COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 326 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES... INCLUDING MYRTLE BEACH. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 1 PM...AND THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURS 2 HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ 9
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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.