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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 26, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 27, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2017, 5:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted.
901 WHUS42 KILM 262000 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 400 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-271215- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0013.170827T1100Z-170828T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 400 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL SUPPORT CONDITIONS FOR A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE PENDER...NEW HANOVER...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR ALL BEACHES ON SUNDAY. 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. && $$ 04
2 follow-up statements
747 WHUS42 KILM 270900 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-280000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0013.170827T1100Z-170828T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL SUPPORT CONDITIONS FOR A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE PENDER...NEW HANOVER...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. THERE WILL BE A STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR ALL BEACHES ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS, LONGSHORE CURRENTS, AND OTHER HAZARDS CREATE LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. $$ 43
338 WHUS42 KILM 272125 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 525 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-272230- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 525 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA BEACHES...THUS THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 26 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2017Beach Hazards Statements in South Carolina, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.