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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2023, 8:03 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 22, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2023, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 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 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
955 WHUS42 KILM 220003 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 803 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 NCZ106-108-221000- /O.NEW.KILM.SU.Y.0009.230922T0003Z-230923T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0027.230922T1000Z-230923T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 803 PM EDT Thu Sep 21 2023 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 2 PM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
319 WHUS42 KILM 220800 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 400 AM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023 NCZ106-108-230000- /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-230923T1800Z/ /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0027.230922T1000Z-230923T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 400 AM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 2 PM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
138 WHUS42 KILM 222350 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 750 PM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023 NCZ106-108-230800- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-230923T0000Z/ /O.CON.KILM.SU.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-230923T1800Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 750 PM EDT Fri Sep 22 2023 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 6 to 9 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 8:03 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 39 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 17 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:00 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Pender | 20 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.