Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2017, 4:43 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 6, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2017, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2017, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
544 WHUS42 KILM 052043 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 443 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017 HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRMA WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST SEVERAL HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. NCZ110-070000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0004.170906T1200Z-170907T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 443 PM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE AROUND 2:30 PM...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
323 WHUS42 KILM 060845 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 445 AM EDT WED SEP 6 2017 HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRMA WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE STRONGEST SEVERAL HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-070000- /O.EXB.KILM.RP.S.0004.170906T1100Z-170907T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 445 AM EDT WED SEP 6 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE AROUND 2:30 PM...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE EAST FACING BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM, DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ NCZ110-070000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0004.170906T1100Z-170907T0000Z/ COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 445 AM EDT WED SEP 6 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL BE AROUND 2:30 PM...BUT STRONG RIP CURRENTS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK 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. && $$ 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 45 min |
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.