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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2026, 8:20 PM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 1, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2026, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
County New Hanover County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
336 WHUS42 KILM 010020 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 820 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026 NCZ108-020000- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0009.260701T1000Z-260702T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 820 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected, especially within a 6 hour window surrounding the Wed afternoon low tide occurring around 3 PM EDT. * WHERE...Coastal New Hanover County. * 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. && $$ dch/rm
1 follow-up statement
596 WHUS42 KILM 012336 CFWILM Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wilmington NC 736 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 NCZ108-020045- /O.EXP.KILM.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-260702T0000Z/ Coastal New Hanover- 736 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.