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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2025, 8:02 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Pender County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 4, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2025, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, Pender County, NC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
887 WHUS42 KILM 040002 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 802 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025 NCZ106-110-SCZ054-041600- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0004.250504T1000Z-250505T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 802 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
527 WHUS42 KILM 041439 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1039 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 NCZ106-110-SCZ054-050000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250505T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 1039 AM EDT Sun May 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
841 WHUS42 KILM 050001 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 801 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 NCZ106-110-SCZ054-050115- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250505T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry- 801 PM EDT Sun May 4 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 36 min |
| May 4, 5:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 68 min | |
| May 4, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 80 min |
| May 4, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 47 min | |
| May 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 61 min |
| May 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 53 min |
| May 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 42 min |
| May 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 44 min |
| May 3, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 54 min |
| May 3, 9:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington | 55 min |
| May 4, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 77 min |
| May 4, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 57 min |
| May 4, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 58 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.