Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2023, 8:10 PM EDT for Georgetown County, South Carolina; New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2023, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2023, 7:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
776 WHUS42 KILM 160010 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 810 PM EDT Fri Sep 15 2023 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-160815- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230916T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0025.230916T0010Z-230917T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 810 PM EDT Fri Sep 15 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...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. && $$ SCZ054-160115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-230916T0000Z/ Coastal Horry- 810 PM EDT Fri Sep 15 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The rip current threat is expected to be moderate for the Horry County beaches from Myrtle Beach southward on Saturday. $$
2 follow-up statements
907 WHUS42 KILM 160757 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 357 AM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-170000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-230917T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 357 AM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown 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. && $$ 21
201 WHUS42 KILM 162353 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 753 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-170100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-230917T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 753 PM EDT Sat Sep 16 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
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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.