Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
339 WHUS42 KILM 081303 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 903 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-090000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0016.260808T1303Z-260809T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 903 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$ ABW
1 follow-up statement
089 WHUS42 KILM 082342 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 742 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 NCZ106-108-SCZ054-056-090045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-260809T0000Z/ Coastal Pender-Coastal New Hanover-Coastal Horry- Coastal Georgetown- 742 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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.