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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 8, 2017, 5:25 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2017, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
420 WHUS42 KILM 080925 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 525 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 NCZ106-108-090000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0009.171008T1000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 525 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 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...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 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 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. && $$ 47
3 follow-up statements
335 WHUS42 KILM 081236 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 836 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES... ...MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER AROUND MIDDAY... NCZ107-081700- /O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0042.171008T1500Z-171008T1700Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 836 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON AND THE BATTLESHIP PARK. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON RIVER GAUGE WILL CREST WITH HIGH TIDE NEAR 5.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AROUND NOON. * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER PORTIONS OF U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA ROAD, BATTLESHIP DRIVE, AND PORTIONS OF WATER STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH MARKET STREET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE RIVER. && $$ NCZ106-108-082045- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 836 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 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 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. && $$ 8
191 WHUS42 KILM 081717 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 117 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY PENDER AND NEW HANOVER BEACHES... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY EXPIRES ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER... NCZ107-081830- /O.EXP.KILM.CF.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-171008T1700Z/ INLAND NEW HANOVER- 117 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$ NCZ106-108-090000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 117 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 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 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE SOUTH TO NORTH LONGSHORE CURRENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. && $$ 8
297 WHUS42 KILM 082345 CFWILM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 745 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 NCZ106-108-090045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER- 745 PM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 8:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
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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.