Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2025
Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2025, 8:15 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 22, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2025, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2025, 7:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Georgetown County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780 WHUS42 KILM 220015 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 815 PM EDT Sun Sep 21 2025 NCZ108-SCZ056-230000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0026.250922T1000Z-250923T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Georgetown- 815 PM EDT Sun Sep 21 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal New Hanover County. In South Carolina, Coastal Georgetown 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. && $$ LEW
1 follow-up statement
793 WHUS42 KILM 222333 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 733 PM EDT Mon Sep 22 2025 NCZ108-240000- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-250923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0027.250923T1000Z-250924T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 733 PM EDT Mon Sep 22 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal New Hanover County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SCZ056-230045- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-250923T0000Z/ Coastal Georgetown- 733 PM EDT Mon Sep 22 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ NCZ106-240000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0027.250923T1000Z-250924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender- 733 PM EDT Mon Sep 22 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 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.