Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2017, 5:35 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2017, 5:35 AM EDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238 WHUS42 KILM 160935 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 535 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 NCZ106-108-110-170000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.170916T0935Z-170917T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 535 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF PENDER...NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET INCREASING TO 5 TO 7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE 2 FEET INCREASING TO AROUND 4 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY...BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG AROUND TIME OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1130 AM...AND AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. * OTHER HAZARDS...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES THERE WILL BE A WEAK NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT WHICH WILL BECOME MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES WILL HAVE A WEAK TO MODERATE EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
419 WHUS42 KILM 170006 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 806 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 NCZ106-108-110-171000- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170917T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.170917T1200Z-170918T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- 806 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF PENDER...NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE 5 TO 7 FEET. AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE 3 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY...BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG AROUND TIME OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1145 AM. * OTHER HAZARDS...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM, DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT, SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ SCZ054-056-171000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.170917T1200Z-170918T0000Z/ COASTAL HORRY-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 806 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY...BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG AROUND TIME OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS ALSO EXPECTED. 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. && $$ RAN
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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.