Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2020, 8:28 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 29, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2020, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
809 WHUS42 KILM 290028 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 828 PM EDT Tue Apr 28 2020 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-291100- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0004.200429T1200Z-200430T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 828 PM EDT Tue Apr 28 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current expected. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...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. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ NCZ110-291100- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0003.200429T1200Z-200429T2200Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 828 PM EDT Tue Apr 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected Wednesday * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
021 WHUS42 KILM 290836 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 436 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-300000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0004.200429T1200Z-200430T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 436 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current expected. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ NCZ110-292200- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0003.200429T1200Z-200429T2200Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 436 AM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected Wednesday. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 43
158 WHUS42 KILM 292148 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 548 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 NCZ110-292300- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200429T2200Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 548 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-300000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200430T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 548 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current expected. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:28 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:59 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 32 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.