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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 14, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2024, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2024, 4:32 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 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 97 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
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ NCZ108-140100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-240714T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 756 PM EDT Sat Jul 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$
1 follow-up statement
679 WHUS42 KILM 140832 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 432 AM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024 NCZ106-140945- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0016.240714T1000Z-240715T0000Z/ Coastal Pender- 432 AM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The High Rip Current Risk has been lowered to a Moderate Rip Risk for the Pender County Beaches. $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2 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.