Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 12, 2020, 5:01 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2020, 5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2020, 7:55 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 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 2024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
306 WHUS42 KILM 120901 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message...RESENT National Weather Service Wilmington NC 501 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 NCZ110-121715- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0017.200712T1000Z-200713T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 501 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Also, a moderate longshore current is expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, yell for help. Relax and float. Don't swim against the current, as you will tire quickly. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. && $$ IGB
2 follow-up statements
951 WHUS42 KILM 121451 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1051 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 NCZ106-108-130000- /O.EXA.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200713T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 1051 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Also, a moderate longshore current is expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties, and piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, yell for help. Relax and float. Don't swim against the current, as you will tire quickly. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. && $$ NCZ110-130000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200713T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 1051 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Also, a moderate longshore current is expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, yell for help. Relax and float. Don't swim against the current, as you will tire quickly. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. && $$ IGB
169 WHUS42 KILM 122355 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 755 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 NCZ106-108-110-131100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200713T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0018.200713T1000Z-200714T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- 755 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SCZ054-131100- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0018.200713T1000Z-200714T0000Z/ Coastal Horry- 755 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:55 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 24 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.