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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2021, 4:51 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 23, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2021, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 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 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 1523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
744 WHUS42 KILM 230851 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 451 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 NCZ106-108-240000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0020.210923T1000Z-210924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 451 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * 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. && $$ 19
1 follow-up statement
079 WHUS42 KILM 240002 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 802 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 NCZ106-108-240115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-210924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 802 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 6:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 6 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.