Rip Current Statement
NWS Wilmington NC ยท US
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Details
High Rip Current Risk In Effect From 6 AM EDT Thursday Through Thursday Evening
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Dangerous rip currents expected. Strong north to south longshore current also expected.
Where
Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover Counties.
When
From 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening.
Impacts
Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Coastal Pender
- Coastal New Hanover
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wilmington NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M387TQ4GSY9V8MA31FH07S4G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.225a7b789b2158a1b7f8793aa52d9c65d9ffb226.003.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wilmington NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPILM
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7808
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWILM |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KILM 232257 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0018.260924T1000Z-260925T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Pender
- Coastal New Hanover
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037141 |
| SAME | 037129 |
| UGC | NCZ106 |
| UGC | NCZ108 |