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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2023, 8:04 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 17, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2023, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- 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 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
803 WHUS42 KILM 170004 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 804 PM EDT Wed Aug 16 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-170900- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0015.230817T1000Z-230818T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 804 PM EDT Wed Aug 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Northern Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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. && $$ 19
2 follow-up statements
665 WHUS42 KILM 170700 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 300 AM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-180000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0015.230817T1000Z-230818T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 300 AM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Northern Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
536 WHUS42 KILM 172349 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 749 PM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-180100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-230818T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 749 PM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 24 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.