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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2025, 7:33 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 23, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2025, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2025, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 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 103 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
- 1538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ 21
2 follow-up statements
424 WHUS42 KILM 231252 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 852 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025 NCZ106-108-240000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-250924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 852 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ VAO
427 WHUS42 KILM 232348 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 748 PM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025 NCZ108-250000- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-250924T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0028.250924T1000Z-250925T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 748 PM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal New Hanover 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. && $$ NCZ106-240100- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-250924T0000Z/ Coastal Pender- 748 PM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 8:15 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 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.