Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2017, 5:30 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 23, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2017, 5:30 AM EDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 23, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
308 WHUS42 KILM 230930 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 530 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2017 NCZ110-240100- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0002.170723T1100Z-170724T0100Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 530 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE COMBINATION OF STRONG SOUTH WINDS...A SOUTHERLY SWELL AND TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM THE NEW MOON...WILL CREATE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 215 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...NONE 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. && $$ 47
1 follow-up statement
927 WHUS42 KILM 231846 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2017 NCZ107-240300- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0020.170724T0200Z-170724T0400Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...LOW LYING AREAS BORDERING THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER FROM DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON NC AND SOUTHWARD. * MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...THE TIDE GAUGE IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON IS FORECAST TO REACH JUST SHY OF 5.8 FT MLLW. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 5.5 FT MLLW. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO MINOR FLOODING BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER THE LOWEST PORTIONS OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD AND BATTLESHIP RD. WATER WILL SPREAD OUT OF THE STORM DRAINS AND ONTO WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. A FEW SPOTS ALONG RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON MAY SEE WATER PARTIALLY COVER THE ROADWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DUE TO THE NEW MOON WILL COMBINE WITH THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WATERS TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG LOW-LYING PORTIONS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. && $$ NCZ110-240100- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170724T0100Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 215 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...NONE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, SWIM TO THE SIDE AND DOWN THE BEACH TO ESCAPE. IF YOU CAN'T SWIM OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT THEN FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY TO STAY AFLOAT AND YELL FOR HELP. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:46 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 9 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 15 min |
| Jul 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus, Robeson | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Robeson | 3 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.