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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 26, 2017Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2017-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 599 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM26 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.