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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 2, 2021, 7:46 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jun 3, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2021, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 10:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
476 WHUS42 KILM 022346 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 746 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021 SCZ056-031000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0013.210603T1000Z-210604T0000Z/ Coastal Georgetown- 746 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current expected at the beaches. * WHERE...Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ 9
1 follow-up statement
301 WHUS42 KILM 031421 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1021 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 SCZ056-031530- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210604T0000Z/ Coastal Georgetown- 1021 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry, Marion | 73 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 3 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in South Carolina, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.