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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 31, 2010

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 31, 2010, 3:50 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 1, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2010, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 1, 2010, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 1, 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.

800 
WHUS42 KMHX 311950
CFWMHX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
350 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

NCZ095-098-103-104-010800-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0008.100901T1200Z-100902T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
350 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE HURRICANE EARL...AND INCREASING
ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
BEACHES TOMORROW.

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 630 AM AND 745 PM TOMORROW.

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
Aug 31, 3:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		35 hr
Aug 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Hurricane Watch	MHX		18 hr
Aug 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Hurricane Watch	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington	18 hr

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.