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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2024, 7:54 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 14, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2024, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 118 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
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
321 WHUS42 KILM 132354 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 754 PM EDT Mon May 13 2024 NCZ106-108-110-140800- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0008.240514T1000Z-240514T1500Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- 754 PM EDT Mon May 13 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday morning. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
673 WHUS42 KILM 140723 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 323 AM EDT Tue May 14 2024 NCZ106-108-110-150000- /O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0008.240514T1000Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- 323 AM EDT Tue May 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 9
165 WHUS42 KILM 150016 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 816 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 NCZ106-108-110-150130- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-240515T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- 816 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ dch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 52 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.