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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 11, 2024, 8:10 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 12, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2024, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 1577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100 WHUS42 KILM 120010 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 810 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024 NCZ106-108-121000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0015.240712T1000Z-240713T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 810 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
104 WHUS42 KILM 120833 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 433 AM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 NCZ106-108-130000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0015.240712T1000Z-240713T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 433 AM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
938 WHUS42 KILM 121531 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1131 AM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 NCZ106-108-130000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240713T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 1131 AM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and strong longshore currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover 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. && $$
353 WHUS42 KILM 122355 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 755 PM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 NCZ106-108-131000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 755 PM EDT Fri Jul 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
616 WHUS42 KILM 130809 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 409 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 NCZ106-108-131615- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 409 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * 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. && $$ dch
858 WHUS42 KILM 131549 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1149 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 NCZ106-108-140000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 1149 AM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ ABW
271 WHUS42 KILM 132356 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 NCZ106-141000- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.240714T1000Z-240715T0000Z/ Coastal Pender- 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday 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. && $$ NCZ108-140100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Columbus | 3 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.