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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 12, 2025, 7:44 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at May 13, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2025, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 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, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
611 WHUS42 KILM 122344 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 744 PM EDT Mon May 12 2025 NCZ106-108-131000- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250513T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.250513T1000Z-250514T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 744 PM EDT Mon May 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover 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. 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. && $$ NCZ110-SCZ054-056-131000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0006.250513T1000Z-250514T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick-Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 744 PM EDT Mon May 12 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Brunswick County. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
162 WHUS42 KILM 130813 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 413 AM EDT Tue May 13 2025 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-140000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.250513T1000Z-250514T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 413 AM EDT Tue May 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
787 WHUS42 KILM 132357 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 757 PM EDT Tue May 13 2025 NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-140100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-250514T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Brunswick- Coastal Horry-Coastal Georgetown- 757 PM EDT Tue May 13 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Rip current risk will be moderate for Wednesday for all area beaches as swell decreases. Therefore CFW will expire at 8pm. $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 4:35 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 15 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.