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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 27, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Oct 28, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 172 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
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
833 WHUS42 KILM 280000 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 800 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-280800- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0042.000000T0000Z-251028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0043.251028T1000Z-251029T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 800 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Strong north to south longshore currents will also exist on Tuesday. 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. && $$ NCZ110-280100- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0041.000000T0000Z-251028T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 800 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ 9
2 follow-up statements
898 WHUS42 KILM 280618 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 218 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-290000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0043.251028T1000Z-251029T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 218 AM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. Strong north to south longshore current. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$ 19
267 WHUS42 KILM 282335 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 735 PM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 NCZ106-108-290900- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-251029T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0044.251029T1000Z-251030T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 735 PM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ SCZ054-056-290045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-251029T0000Z/ Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 735 PM EDT Tue Oct 28 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ 9
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 24 hr | |
| Oct 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 68 hr | |
| Oct 28, 7:35 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.