Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 1, 2021, 5:51 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2021, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 7:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 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 21:54 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, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ 8
5 follow-up statements
128 WHUS42 KILM 020913 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 513 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 NCZ106-108-021715- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0033.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 513 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 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. && $$ 21
783 WHUS42 KILM 021440 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1040 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-030000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 1040 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
264 WHUS42 KILM 022326 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 726 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 SCZ054-056-030030- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 726 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Rip current risk is Moderate on Sunday. $$ NCZ106-108-031000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211004T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 726 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
060 WHUS42 KILM 030841 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 441 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 NCZ106-108-040000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211004T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 441 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 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. && $$
560 WHUS42 KILM 032327 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 727 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 NCZ106-108-040030- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-211004T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 727 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The swells from distant Hurricane Sam have diminished so the High Rip Current Risk for the beaches of New Hanover and Pender county has been cancelled. While the the swells from Sam have diminished there will still be a moderate risk of rip currents for Monday at the New Hanover and Pender County beaches. $$ 7
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, 4:34 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 25 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.