Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

453 
WHUS42 KMHX 071915
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
315 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

NCZ095-098-103-104-080000-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100808T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
315 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONIMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM RODANTHE SOUTH TO SURF CITY 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.

&&

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

$$

685 
WHUS42 KMHX 071938
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
338 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

NCZ095-098-103-104-080000-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100808T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
338 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM RODANTHE SOUTH TO SURF CITY 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.

&&

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

$$

755 
WHUS42 KMHX 072035
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
435 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

NCZ095-098-103-104-080845-
/O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100809T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
435 PM EDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A 
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE SUNDAY WILL
OCCUR AROUND NOON.

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


$$

906 
WHUS42 KMHX 080742
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
342 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

NCZ095-098-103-104-081945-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100809T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
342 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE TODAY WILL OCCUR
AROUND NOON.

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

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

$$

766 
WHUS42 KMHX 081951
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
351 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

NCZ095-103-104-090800-
/O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100810T0000Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
351 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING NORTH
OF CAPE LOOKOUT...
...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING SOUTH
OF CAPE LOOKOUT...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL
PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 1 PM MONDAY.

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


$$

NCZ098-090000-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100809T0000Z/
ONSLOW-
351 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE TODAY WILL
OCCUR AROUND NOON.

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

$$

317 
WHUS42 KMHX 090022
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
822 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

NCZ098-090130-
/O.EXP.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100809T0000Z/
ONSLOW-
822 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...


$$

NCZ095-103-104-091215-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100810T0000Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
822 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELL
FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION COLIN WELL EAST OF THE REGION WILL
PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 1 PM MONDAY.

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

$$

017 
WHUS42 KMHX 090643
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
243 AM EDT MON AUG 9 2010

NCZ095-103-104-092045-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100810T0000Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
243 AM EDT MON AUG 9 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH
OF CAPE LOOKOUT...

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS
WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING
FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A
COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR
AROUND 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

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


$$