Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2020, 5:45 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2020, 5:45 AM EDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2020, 8:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
577 WHUS42 KILM 230945 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 545 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-240000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0001.200423T0945Z-200424T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0001.200423T0945Z-200424T0100Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 545 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, high risk for longshore currents. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
1 follow-up statement
460 WHUS42 KILM 240009 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 809 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-240815- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200424T0100Z/ /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200424T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0002.200424T1000Z-200425T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 809 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Moderate rip current risk and strong south to north longshore currents are expected for Friday. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. Often, if the longshore current is strong enough, it will sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with the lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ NCZ110-240815- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200424T0100Z/ /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200424T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0002.200424T1000Z-200425T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 809 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:45 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 14 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.