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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2025, 7:35 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jul 7, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2025, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
505 WHUS42 KILM 062335 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 735 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 SCZ054-071100- /O.EXP.KILM.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.250707T1000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal Horry- 735 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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. && $$ NCZ110-071100- /O.EXP.KILM.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.250707T1000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 735 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SCZ056-070045- /O.EXP.KILM.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ Coastal Georgetown- 735 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ NCZ106-108-071100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-250707T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.250707T1000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 735 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 9
2 follow-up statements
725 WHUS42 KILM 070931 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 531 AM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-080000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0016.250707T1000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry- 531 AM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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. && $$
202 WHUS42 KILM 071711 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 111 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 NCZ106-110-SCZ054-080000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 111 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NCZ108-080000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-250708T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 111 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. In addition, Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue is advising that there have been multiple shark sightings in the surf this afternoon. * WHERE...Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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. && $$ 29
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 23 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 43 min | |
| Jul 6, 4:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Columbus | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 84 min |
| Jul 6, 8:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 9 hr | |
| Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILM | Robeson | 11 days |
| Jul 6, 2:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 4 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.