Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Aug 14, 2010, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 15, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Aug 15, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

059 
WHUS42 KMHX 142009
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
409 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010

NCZ095-104-150815-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0004.100815T1200Z-100816T0100Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
409 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND PERSISTENT ENE SWELL
ENERGY WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM OCRACOKE TO
CAPE LOOKOUT.

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

$$

NCZ103-150815-
/O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-100816T0100Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
409 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2010

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

THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND PERSISTENT ENE SWELL
ENERGY WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES NORTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS. THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ELEVATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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


$$

PAGANO

868 
WHUS42 KMHX 150718
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

NCZ103-160000-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-100816T0100Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

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

THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND PERSISTENT ENE SWELL
ENERGY WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES NORTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

$$

NCZ095-104-160000-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0004.100815T1200Z-100816T0100Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND PERSISTENT ENE SWELL
ENERGY WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM OCRACOKE TO
CAPE LOOKOUT.

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

$$

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