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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 20, 2023, 8:05 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 21, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2023, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
359 WHUS42 KILM 210005 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 805 PM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 NCZ106-108-210900- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0026.230921T1000Z-230922T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 805 PM EDT Wed Sep 20 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
711 WHUS42 KILM 210743 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 343 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 NCZ106-108-220000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0026.230921T1000Z-230922T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 343 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
235 WHUS42 KILM 212353 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 753 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 NCZ106-108-220100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-230922T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 753 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 8 hr | |
| Sep 21, 11:16 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 48 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:29 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | ILM | 6 hr |
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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.