Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2015, 3:57 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 1, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331 WHUS42 KILM 311957 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 357 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 NCZ107-010300- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0026.150801T0100Z-150801T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 357 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SOUTHWARD. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SHOULD PEAK AROUND 5.8 FEET MLLW NEAR 10 PM THIS EVENING. SHALLOW FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND HIGH TIDE...WHICH IN THIS CASE BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM WITH THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL AROUND 10 PM. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA ROAD AND WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE BRIEFLY COVERED IN A COUPLE 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. && $$ NCZ110-010400- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0008.150801T1100Z-150802T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 357 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM...AND THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURS 2 HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 01
4 follow-up statements
682 WHUS42 KILM 010025 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 825 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 NCZ107-010300- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0026.150801T0100Z-150801T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 825 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SOUTHWARD. * COASTAL FLOODING TIMING...AT 800 PM...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON READS 3.89 FT MLLW. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE A PEAK OF AROUND 5.7 FEET MLLW WILL OCCUR AROUND 1015 PM THIS EVENING. SHALLOW FLOODING WILL OCCUR ROUGHLY IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND HIGH TIDE...WHICH IN THIS CASE RUNS BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA ROAD AND WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE BRIEFLY COVERED IN A COUPLE INCHES OF WATER. PORTIONS OF CANAL DRIVE OF CAROLINA BEACH WITH WATER COMING FROM SNOWS CUT OF THE INTRA-COASTAL WATERWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES A RESULT OF THE FULL MOON AND THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE...WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM WILMINGTON SOUTHWARD. && $$ NCZ110-010930- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.150801T1100Z-150802T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 825 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET BY OR DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURRING IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WITH LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && DOUGH $$
769 WHUS42 KILM 010326 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1126 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 NCZ107-010430- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-150801T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1126 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LATEST READING ON THE WILMINGTON TIDE GAGE HAS FALLEN BELOW MINOR FLOODING THRESHOLDS OF 5.50 FT MLLW. AS A RESULT...THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. $$ NCZ110-011130- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.150801T1100Z-150802T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 1126 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURRING IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WITH LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && DOUGH $$
185 WHUS42 KILM 010920 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 520 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 NCZ110-020000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.150801T1100Z-150802T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 520 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURRING IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WITH LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$ 47
195 WHUS42 KILM 011937 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 337 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 NCZ107-020345- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0027.150802T0200Z-150802T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 337 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SOUTHWARD. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER GAUGE AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON SHOULD PEAK AROUND 5.7 FEET MLLW NEAR 11 PM THIS EVENING. SHALLOW FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND HIGH TIDE...WHICH IN THIS CASE IS BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * TIMING...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL AROUND 11 PM. * IMPACTS...PORTIONS OF BATTLESHIP ROAD...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF U.S.S NORTH CAROLINA ROAD AND WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE BRIEFLY COVERED IN A COUPLE INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ110-020000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150802T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 337 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TYPICALLY OCCURRING IN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WITH LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 118 min |
| Jul 31, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 39 min |
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.