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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2024, 7:55 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 22, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2024, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2024, 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 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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
2 follow-up statements
620 WHUS42 KILM 220804 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 404 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 NCZ106-108-230000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0012.240622T1000Z-240623T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 404 AM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...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. && $$
444 WHUS42 KILM 230024 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 824 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 NCZ106-108-230830- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-240623T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0016.240623T1000Z-240624T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 824 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$ ABW
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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.