Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Apr 3, 2024, 8:40 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 4, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2024, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 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 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
857 WHUS42 KILM 040040 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 840 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 NCZ106-SCZ054-041000- /O.NEW.KILM.BH.S.0003.240404T1000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Horry- 840 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$ NCZ110-041000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0003.240404T1000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 840 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. There is also a strong west to east longshore current expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ IGB
2 follow-up statements
273 WHUS42 KILM 040744 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 344 AM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 NCZ106-SCZ054-050000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0003.240404T1000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Horry- 344 AM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...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. && $$ NCZ110-050000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0003.240404T1000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 344 AM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. There is also a strong west to east long short current expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
710 WHUS42 KILM 050015 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 815 PM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 NCZ106-SCZ054-050115- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Horry- 815 PM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ NCZ110-050115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240405T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 815 PM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ IGB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:40 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | ILM | Pender | 23 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.