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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2025, 4:43 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 14, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2025, 4:43 AM EDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2025, 7:40 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 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
543 WHUS42 KILM 140843 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 443 AM EDT Wed May 14 2025 NCZ106-108-141645- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0007.250514T1000Z-250515T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 443 AM EDT Wed May 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover 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. && $$ 11
2 follow-up statements
650 WHUS42 KILM 141811 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 211 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025 NCZ106-108-150000- /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250515T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 211 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
650 WHUS42 KILM 142340 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 740 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025 NCZ106-108-150045- /O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250515T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover- 740 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Expect a moderate risk of rip currents on Thursday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| May 14, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| May 14, 12:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 64 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 42 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 47 min |
| May 14, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 37 min |
| May 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 35 min |
| May 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Pender | 47 min |
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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.