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Beach Hazards Statement 28, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2023, 11:14 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2023, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2023, 7:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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
- 2187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
283 WHUS42 KILM 291514 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1114 AM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 NCZ106-108-300000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0028.230729T1514Z-230730T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 1114 AM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ 21
1 follow-up statement
732 WHUS42 KILM 292356 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 NCZ106-108-300100- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-230730T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Jul 29, 10:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 10:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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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.