Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 14, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 15, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2017, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 19:14 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
769 WHUS42 KILM 141913 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 313 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-160000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0003.170815T1200Z-170816T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 313 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG SWELLS FROM TROPICAL SYSTEM GERT WILL PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALL DAY TUESDAY. * LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT ANY TIME ON TUESDAY. * 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. && $$ 43
2 follow-up statements
567 WHUS42 KILM 150929 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 529 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-160000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0003.170815T1200Z-170816T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 529 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GERT WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST SEVERAL HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES. 3 TO 4 FEET AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. AROUND 3 FEET AT THE HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE AROUND 8 AM...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE PENDER...NEW HANOVER...HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM, DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 47
639 WHUS42 KILM 152343 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 743 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-160045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170816T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 743 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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.