Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 12, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 13, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2016, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
266 WHUS42 KILM 121932 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 332 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 NCZ107-130200- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0060.161012T2000Z-161013T0200Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 332 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER AT DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS OF 6.7 FT MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON TIDE GAUGE. * TIMING...PEAK HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 710 PM EDT. THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...WATER AS DEEP AS ONE FOOT WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL REACH 6 INCHES DEEP ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE CAPE BOULEVARD. MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS OF WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-130345- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0010.161013T1100Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 332 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION, A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 04
5 follow-up statements
334 WHUS42 KILM 130218 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1018 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 NCZ107-130330- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-161013T0200Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1018 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LATEST GAGE READING FOR THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER HAS FALLEN BELOW MINOR COASTAL FLOOD THRESHOLDS OF 5.5 FT MLLW. AS A RESULT...THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NCZ106-108-131030- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.161013T1100Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 1018 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ DCH/SGL
439 WHUS42 KILM 130344 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1144 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WITH HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING... NCZ107-131145- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0061.161013T1000Z-161013T1400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 1144 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS OF 6.6 FT MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON TIDE GAUGE. * TIMING...PEAK HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 8 AM EDT. THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...WATER AS DEEP AS ONE FOOT WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL REACH 6 INCHES DEEP ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE CAPE BOULEVARD. MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS OF WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-131145- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.161013T1100Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 1144 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 8
105 WHUS42 KILM 130844 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 444 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WITH HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING... NCZ107-131400- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0061.161013T1000Z-161013T1400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 444 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS OF 6.6 FT MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON TIDE GAUGE. * TIMING...PEAK HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 8 AM EDT. THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...WATER AS DEEP AS ONE FOOT WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL REACH 6 INCHES DEEP ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE CAPE BOULEVARD. MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS OF WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-131645- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.161013T1100Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 444 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 7
975 WHUS42 KILM 131702 CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 102 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WITH HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING... NCZ107-140300- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0062.161013T2100Z-161014T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 102 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS OF 6.7 FT MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON TIDE GAUGE. * TIMING...PEAK HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 8 PM EDT. THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...WATER AS DEEP AS ONE FOOT WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL REACH 6 INCHES DEEP ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE CAPE BOULEVARD. MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS OF WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-140000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 102 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ REK
436 WHUS42 KILM 131705 CCA CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 105 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WITH HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NCZ107-140300- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0062.161013T2100Z-161014T0300Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 105 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. * COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS OF 6.7 FT MLLW AT THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON TIDE GAUGE. * TIMING...PEAK HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 8 PM EDT. THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THAT TIME. * IMPACTS...WATER AS DEEP AS ONE FOOT WILL COVER BATTLESHIP ROAD AND U. S. S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD. WATER WILL REACH 6 INCHES DEEP ON RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF THE CAPE BOULEVARD. MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS OF WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON WILL BE COVERED BY UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-140000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-161014T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 105 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON ON THURSDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...INCREASING SWELL FROM HURRICANE NICOLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WATER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION... A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM... DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ REK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 10:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 43 hr | |
| Oct 12, 1:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:32 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 9 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every rip current 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.