Rip Current Statement

NWS Wilmington NC · US

Updated

Details

High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Friday Evening

Event: Rip Current Statement
Issued: 2026-09-25 03:46:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-25 03:46:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-25 12:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-26 00:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Dangerous rip currents.

Where

Coastal Pender County.

When

Through Friday 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

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Wilmington NC
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-25 03:47:11 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m12s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3BAS79857J3DDXER1QH34P8
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a5529951450d6f90147139673422f6d35830c7bb.004.1
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.5404
WMO heading: XOUS52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 52

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	RPS

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWILM
WMOidentifier	WHUS42 KILM 250346
NWSheadline	HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-260926T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-25T20:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Coastal Pender

Name	Value
SAME	037141
UGC	NCZ106