Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 1, 2024, 7:53 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2024, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
678 WHUS42 KILM 012353 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 753 PM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-021000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0001.240402T1000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 753 PM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. A moderate risk for rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ NCZ110-021000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0001.240402T1000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 753 PM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
3 follow-up statements
370 WHUS42 KILM 020613 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 213 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-030000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0001.240402T1000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 213 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ NCZ110-030000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.240402T1000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 213 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
244 WHUS42 KILM 021453 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1053 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-030000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 1053 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown County. * WHEN...Now through through this evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ NCZ110-030000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 1053 AM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Now through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 7
024 WHUS42 KILM 022335 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 735 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ056-030045- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 735 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ NCZ110-030045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240403T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 735 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ IGB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:54 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Gale Watch | ILM | 36 hr | |
| Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 3 days | |
| Apr 1, 7:53 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 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.