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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2020, 10:37 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2020, 10:37 AM EDT (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 14:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
887 WHUS42 KILM 161437 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1037 AM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020 NCZ106-108-170000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.200616T1437Z-200617T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 1037 AM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 54 min | |
| Jun 16, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | ILM | Pender | 46 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 30 min | |
| Jun 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 47 min | |
| Jun 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 42 min | |
| Jun 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Columbus | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 2 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.