Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 23, 2023, 7:55 PM EDT for Horry County, South Carolina; Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 24, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2023, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2023, 3:39 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
344 WHUS42 KILM 232355 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 SCZ054-240800- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230624T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0011.230624T1000Z-230625T0000Z/ Coastal Horry- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northern Coastal Horry County, including North Myrtle Beach. * 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. && $$ NCZ110-240800- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230624T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0011.230624T1000Z-230625T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SCZ056-240100- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0023.000000T0000Z-230624T0000Z/ Coastal Georgetown- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ NCZ106-108-240100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230624T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 23 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ IGB
1 follow-up statement
939 WHUS42 KILM 240739 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 339 AM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-240845- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0011.230624T1000Z-230625T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 339 AM EDT Sat Jun 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Rip current risk has been lowered to moderate for Brunswick and northern Horry county beaches. Official surf zone forecast will be issued by 5 AM. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 5 days |
| Jun 22, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 65 min | |
| Jun 23, 7:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 24 min |
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.