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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 7, 2023, 3:51 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 7, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2023, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
708 WHUS42 KILM 070751 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 351 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 NCZ106-108-080000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0029.231007T1000Z-231008T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 351 AM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$ dch
1 follow-up statement
723 WHUS42 KILM 072355 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 755 PM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 NCZ106-108-080100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-231008T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 755 PM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Expect a moderate risk of rip currents Sunday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 30 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.