Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Aug 25, 2010, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 25, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

021 
WHUS42 KMHX 251532
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1132 AM EDT WED AUG 25 2010

NCZ103-260000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0005.100825T1532Z-100826T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1132 AM EDT WED AUG 25 2010

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

EAST NORTHEAST SWELL ENERGY AND AN AFTERNOON LOW TIDE WILL
PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS THROUGH EARLY 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

$$

Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2010Every rip current statement in 2010

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