Rip Current Statement
NWS Wilmington NC ยท US
Updated
Details
High Surf Advisory Remains In Effect Until 8 AM EDT Friday... ...High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Friday Evening... ...Coastal Flood Advisory Will Expire At 9 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
Where
Coastal New Hanover County.
When
For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Friday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday evening.
Impacts
Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Instructions
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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 New Hanover
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wilmington NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3AZT6DKMVQFSAYT9WMSR91T
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.65219e6528054b75fd1f323f54b38dc2e958c43c.001.3
- 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.859
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWILM |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KILM 250035 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-260926T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a66c0c62501418e028ed85133782a8ff87cb8ff4.002.3,2026-09-24T08:11:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.11705ae881090a3322d2fc5896542d03688d4ba8.001.3,2026-09-24T07:52:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c46a00022588cd6c1aa403b6f4d7647b785a238f.001.3,2026-09-24T00:45:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e5991049c3aca84635f2f7b162cf23cbeba51f50.003.1,2026-09-23T21:34:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.225a7b789b2158a1b7f8793aa52d9c65d9ffb226.003.1,2026-09-23T18:57:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal New Hanover
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037129 |
| UGC | NCZ108 |