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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 17, 2016New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 17, 2016, 5:13 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 17, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2016, 5:13 AM EDT (09:13 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 17, 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 09:11 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, 9.2 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

735 
WHUS42 KILM 170913
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
513 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2016

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

NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-180100-
/O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0003.160417T1200Z-160418T0100Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
513 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2016

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

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

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE
TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IN THE SURF ZONE OF
EAST FACING 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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1 follow-up statement

064 
WHUS42 KILM 180055
CFWILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
855 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2016

NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-180200-
/O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160418T0100Z/
COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
855 PM EDT SUN APR 17 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 AT THE AREA
BEACHES 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.