Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 19, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2017, 5:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 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 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
954 WHUS42 KILM 181913 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 313 PM EDT WED OCT 18 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-200000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0010.171019T1200Z-171020T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 313 PM EDT WED OCT 18 2017 ...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...ALL AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY SEVERAL HOURS AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 2 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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. && $$ 43
2 follow-up statements
433 WHUS42 KILM 190807 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 407 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... NCZ107-191500- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0046.171019T1300Z-171019T1500Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 407 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND SOUTHWARD. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON RIVER GAUGE WILL CREST AT THE 10 AM HIGH TIDE AT AROUND 5.7 FEET MLLW. THE THRESHOLD FOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 5.5 FEET MLLW. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT HIGH TIDE * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER PORTIONS OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD, BATTLESHIP DRIVE, AND PORTIONS OF WATER STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-200000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0010.171019T1200Z-171020T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 407 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY SEVERAL HOURS AROUND LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 2 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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. && $$
330 WHUS42 KILM 190911 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 511 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-191015- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0010.171019T1200Z-171020T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 511 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. NORTHEAST WAVES AND WINDS WILL BE LOWER THAN EXPECTED. THUS THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR ALL BEACHES IS CANCELLED. $$ NCZ107-191500- /O.CON.KILM.CF.Y.0046.171019T1300Z-171019T1500Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 511 AM EDT THU OCT 19 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND SOUTHWARD. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON RIVER GAUGE WILL CREST AT THE 10 AM HIGH TIDE AT AROUND 5.7 FEET MLLW. THE THRESHOLD FOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 5.5 FEET MLLW. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AT HIGH TIDE * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER PORTIONS OF USS NORTH CAROLINA ROAD, BATTLESHIP DRIVE, AND PORTIONS OF WATER STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH 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. && $$ 47
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 6:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:57 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
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.