Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 2, 2026, 11:02 AM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2026, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County Brunswick County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
583 WHUS42 KILM 021502 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1102 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 NCZ110-030000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0013.260802T1502Z-260803T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 1102 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Brunswick County. * WHEN...Today. * 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. && $$ NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-030000- /O.CON.KILM.BH.S.0041.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 1102 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong south to north longshore current. There is also a Moderate Risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Today. * IMPACTS...Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas. It may sweep swimmers off their feet, making it difficult to return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Caution should be used when in or near the water. Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. && $$
1 follow-up statement
963 WHUS42 KILM 022352 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 752 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-030100- /O.EXP.KILM.BH.S.0041.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 752 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ NCZ110-030100- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Coastal Brunswick- 752 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 36 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.