Rip Current Statement issued October 11 at 1:11PM EDT until October 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. Strong south to north longshore current is also expected for east and southeast-facing beaches. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Coastal Pender, Coastal New Hanover and Coastal Brunswick Counties. In South Carolina, Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Today. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Pender; Coastal New Hanover; Coastal Brunswick; Coastal Horry; Coastal Georgetown
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-11T13:11:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC","SC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T13:11:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dec2b641cdcbcb49f81fae05a1b2e54169b826fd.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bab42423b5962cc0142393f614e0a3ce5e122ead.001.3","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bab42423b5962cc0142393f614e0a3ce5e122ead.002.3","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bab42423b5962cc0142393f614e0a3ce5e122ead.003.2"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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