Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 10, 2021, 7:50 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 11, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2021, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 23:52 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
541 WHUS42 KILM 102350 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 750 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 NCZ106-108-110800- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210911T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0017.210911T1000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 750 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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. && $$ SCZ054-056-110100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210911T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 750 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ 21
5 follow-up statements
379 WHUS42 KILM 110002 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 802 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 NCZ106-108-111200- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0017.210911T1000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 802 PM EDT Fri Sep 10 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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. && $$ 21
051 WHUS42 KILM 110904 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 504 AM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 NCZ106-108-120000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0017.210911T1000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 504 AM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 43
089
WHUS42 KILM 111342
CFWILM
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
942 AM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021
NCZ107-111900-
/O.NEW.KILM.CF.Y.0089.210911T1700Z-210911T1900Z/
Inland New Hanover-
942 AM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level
expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal
waterways.
* WHERE...The lower Cape Fear River including downtown
Wilmington.
* WHEN...From 1 PM to 3 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...The lowest portions of USS North Carolina Road and
Battleship Road begin to observe minor coastal flooding. Water
begins to spread out of storm drains onto Water Street just
south of Market Street in downtown Wilmington.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Affected areas listed are based on
average tide conditions. Additional locations may experience
flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or
other factors.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be
closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of
unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone
property.
&&
Time of high total tides are approximate to the nearest hour.
Cape Fear River at Wilmington
MLLW Categories - Minor 5.5 ft, Moderate 6.7 ft, Major 10.0 ft
MHHW Categories - Minor 0.8 ft, Moderate 2.0 ft, Major 5.3 ft
Total Total Departure
Day/Time Tide Tide from Norm Waves Flood
ft MLLW ft MHHW ft ft Impact
-------- --------- --------- --------- ------- --------
11/02 PM 5.7 1.0 0.6 N/A Minor
12/02 AM 5.0 0.3 0.6 N/A None
12/03 PM 5.5 0.8 0.6 N/A Minor
13/03 AM 4.7 0.0 0.4 N/A None
13/04 PM 5.3 0.6 0.4 N/A None
14/04 AM 4.5 -0.2 0.4 N/A None
&&
$$
NCZ106-108-112145-
/O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210912T0000Z/
Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-
942 AM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
&&
$$
31395 WHUS42 KILM 111855 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 255 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 NCZ107-112000- /O.CAN.KILM.CF.Y.0089.000000T0000Z-210911T1900Z/ Inland New Hanover- 255 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Water levels at downtown Wilmington peaked just below the advisory threshold and have begun to fall. $$ NCZ106-108-120000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 255 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
167 WHUS42 KILM 112345 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 745 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 NCZ106-108-120045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210912T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 745 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.