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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 16, 2016New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 16, 2016, 5:04 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2016, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WHUS42 KILM 160904
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
504 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016


NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-170100-
/O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0002.160416T1200Z-160417T0100Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
504 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

..BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. AS A RESULT A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH
LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL DEVELOP AT THE BEACHES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN
IN OR NEAR THE WATER.

&&

$$

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2 follow-up statements
570 
WHUS42 KILM 161532
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1132 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...STRONG SOUTHWARD MOVING LONGSHORE CURRENT AT AREA BEACHES...

NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-170100-
/O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160417T0100Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
1132 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN A STRONG NORTH TO
SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT ALONG BEACHES IN THE SURF ZONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN
IN OR NEAR THE WATER.

&&

$$

8
518 
WHUS42 KILM 170057
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
857 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016


NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-170200-
/O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160417T0100Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
857 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

GIVEN A DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS FROM EARLIER TODAY...THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. 

$$

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Nearby

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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.