Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Jul 9, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 WHUS42 KMHX 090800 CFWMHX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 NCZ103-092000- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0001.100709T0800Z-100710T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 400 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ESE SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST OFFSHORE WILL PRODUCE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF RODANTHE TODAY. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1145 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
1 follow-up statement
695 WHUS42 KMHX 092022 CFWMHX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 422 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 NCZ103-100000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100710T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 422 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ESE SWELL ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST OFFSHORE WILL PRODUCE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF RODANTHE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Jul 9, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 32 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.