Alert archive / North Carolina / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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. && $$ 47
2 follow-up statements
570 WHUS42 KILM 161532 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1132 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWARD MOVING LONGSHORE CURRENT AT AREA BEACHES... NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-170100- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160417T0100Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 1132 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT ALONG BEACHES IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$ 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. $$ 04
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in South Carolina, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.