Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 17, 2023, 8:05 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 18, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2023, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 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 00:09 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
- 1250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786 WHUS42 KILM 180005 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 805 PM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-180900- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.230818T1000Z-230819T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 805 PM EDT Thu Aug 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
364 WHUS42 KILM 180711 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 311 AM EDT Fri Aug 18 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-190000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0016.230818T1000Z-230819T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 311 AM EDT Fri Aug 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
095 WHUS42 KILM 190001 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 801 PM EDT Fri Aug 18 2023 NCZ110-SCZ054-190115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-230819T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 801 PM EDT Fri Aug 18 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
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.