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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2010, 5:19 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 22, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2010, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134 WHUS42 KMHX 212119 CFWMHX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 519 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 NCZ103-220930- /O.EXP.KMHX.SU.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-100921T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0015.100922T1200Z-100923T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-100922T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 519 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE IGOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1 PM TODAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS IGOR RE-CURVES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ NCZ095-104-220000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-100922T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 519 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE IGOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1 PM TODAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS IGOR RE-CURVES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
2 follow-up statements
133 WHUS42 KMHX 220043 CFWMHX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 843 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 NCZ103-221245- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0015.100922T1200Z-100923T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 843 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE IGOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM WEDNESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS IGOR RE-CURVES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
734 WHUS42 KMHX 221454 CFWMHX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1054 AM EDT WED SEP 22 2010 NCZ095-104-230000- /O.EXA.KMHX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-100923T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1054 AM EDT WED SEP 22 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE IGOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM WEDNESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS IGOR RE-CURVES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ NCZ103-230000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-100923T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 1054 AM EDT WED SEP 22 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO THE SOUTHEAST SWELL FROM HURRICANE IGOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 PM WEDNESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK AS IGOR RE-CURVES WELL OFF THE EAST COAST. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:36 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MHX | 22 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.