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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 15, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
966 WHUS42 KILM 150100 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 900 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 NCZ110-SCZ054-150900- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0009.240515T1000Z-240516T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 900 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Northern Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday 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. && $$ dch
2 follow-up statements
171 WHUS42 KILM 150733 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 333 AM EDT Wed May 15 2024 NCZ110-SCZ054-160000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0009.240515T1000Z-240516T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 333 AM EDT Wed May 15 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County north of Myrtle Beach. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 9
429 WHUS42 KILM 160026 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 826 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024 NCZ110-SCZ054-160130- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240516T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 826 PM EDT Wed May 15 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 14, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 16 min |
| May 15, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 20 min |
| May 15, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 30 min |
| May 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 52 min | |
| May 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 29 min |
| May 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 46 min |
| May 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 29 min |
| May 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| May 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 30 min |
| May 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 40 min |
| May 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 67 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 60 min | |
| May 15, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 39 min |
| May 15, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 25 min |
| May 15, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 36 min |
| May 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 26 min |
| May 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 35 min |
| May 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 29 min |
| May 15, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 53 min |
| May 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 36 min |
| May 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 29 min |
| May 15, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 28 min |
| May 15, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 32 min |
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.