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Beach Hazards Statement 33, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 1, 2021, 4:34 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 1, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2021, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2021, 5:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 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 08:34 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, 8.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
437 WHUS42 KILM 010834 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 434 AM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 NCZ106-108-020000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0033.211001T1000Z-211002T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 434 AM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong north to south longshore current expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$ 21
2 follow-up statements
360 WHUS42 KILM 012151 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 551 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 NCZ106-108-021000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0021.211001T2151Z-211003T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KILM.BH.S.0033.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 551 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS... * WHAT...Strong, life-threatening rip currents. These are narrow jets of outward going sea water in the surf zone, swim parallel to the beach calmly to escape the narrow current. Wave or yell for help. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Swim parallel to the beach calmly to escape the narrow current. Wave or yell for help, but do not fight the outward going current directly head-on, this will only exhaust you. Stay calm and swim slowly parallel to the beach to escape. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ 8
128 WHUS42 KILM 020913 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 513 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 NCZ106-108-021715- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0033.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 513 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. 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. && $$ SCZ054-056-021715- /O.EXA.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 513 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 28 min |
| Oct 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 50 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.