Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2023, 7:58 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 27, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2023, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 655 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
513 WHUS42 KILM 262358 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 758 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 NCZ110-271030- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230627T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0013.230627T1000Z-230628T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 758 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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 Tuesday through Tuesday 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. && $$ NCZ106-108-SCZ056-270100- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230627T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 758 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ SCZ054-270100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230627T0000Z/ Coastal Horry- 758 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
2 follow-up statements
059 WHUS42 KILM 270856 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 456 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 NCZ110-280000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0013.230627T1000Z-230628T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 456 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Through this evening, especially early in the day. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ ABW
457 WHUS42 KILM 272348 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 748 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 NCZ110-280100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-230628T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 748 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.