Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 20, 2024, 7:58 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jun 21, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2024, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
505 WHUS42 KILM 202358 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 758 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-210800- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240621T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0011.240621T1000Z-240622T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 758 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday 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. && $$ NCZ110-210100- /O.CAN.KILM.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240621T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 758 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The strong east to west longshore current has weakened and will continue to decline as easterly winds weaken this evening. $$ ABW
3 follow-up statements
768 WHUS42 KILM 210751 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 351 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-211600- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0011.240621T1000Z-240622T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 351 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown 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. && $$ 19
777 WHUS42 KILM 211532 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1132 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-220000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240622T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 1132 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
792 WHUS42 KILM 212355 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 NCZ106-108-220800- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240622T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0012.240622T1000Z-240623T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday 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. && $$ SCZ054-056-220100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-240622T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 755 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The high rip current risk will wane to moderate as easterly swells weaken overnight. Therefore, the Rip Current Statement will be allowed to expire. $$ ABW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:42 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 33 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.