Alert archive / North Carolina
Rip Current Statements in North Carolina
408 rip current statements since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of rip current statements reaches back to 2005.
Rip Current Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Rip Current Statements
- 408
- Busiest year
- 202543 rip current statements
- Average year
- 24over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The latest rip current statements
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:03 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 11 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:54 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:02 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:02 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 9 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:40 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 17 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:09 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:37 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 24 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:20 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:24 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:46 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 9 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:55 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 24 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.