Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2022, 7:54 PM EDT for Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 22, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2022, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
523 WHUS42 KILM 212354 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 754 PM EDT Wed Sep 21 2022 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-220900- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0018.220922T1000Z-220923T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0007.220922T1600Z-220924T0400Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 754 PM EDT Wed Sep 21 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from noon Thursday to midnight EDT Friday night. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
763 WHUS42 KILM 220729 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 329 AM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-221800- /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0007.220922T1600Z-220924T0400Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0018.220922T1000Z-220923T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 329 AM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from noon today to midnight EDT Friday night. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
949 WHUS42 KILM 221339 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 939 AM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-230000- /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0007.220922T1600Z-220924T0400Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220923T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 939 AM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from noon today to midnight EDT Friday night. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$ 31
123 WHUS42 KILM 222339 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 739 PM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-231200- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-220923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0019.220923T1000Z-220924T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KILM.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-220924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 739 PM EDT Thu Sep 22 2022 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 PM EDT Friday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:12 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 53 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:33 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 36 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.