Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 23, 2020, 7:47 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 24, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2020, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2020, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
936 WHUS42 KILM 232347 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 747 PM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-241200- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-201024T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0033.201024T1000Z-201025T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 747 PM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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 Saturday through Saturday 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. && $$ NCZ110-240100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-201024T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 747 PM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ 21
3 follow-up statements
733 WHUS42 KILM 241922 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 322 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-250000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-201025T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 322 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, 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. && $$
367 WHUS42 KILM 242329 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 729 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 SCZ054-056-250030- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-201025T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 729 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Moderate Rip Current Risk in effect. $$ NCZ106-108-251000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-201026T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 729 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
368 WHUS42 KILM 252120 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 520 PM EDT Sun Oct 25 2020 NCZ106-108-252230- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-201026T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 520 PM EDT Sun Oct 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Current local beach reports and surf cams indicate either weak or moderate rip currents present. With the long period swell to continue to degrade, the high rip current risk will be cancelled prior to it's expiration of 8 PM. $$ dch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 5:28 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 13 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.