Alert archive / Virginia / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2011, 5:10 AM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 5, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2011, 5:10 AM EDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2011, 7:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WHUS41 KAKQ 050910 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 510 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-060000- /O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.110905T1600Z-110906T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 510 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST DURING MONDAY MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH RISK BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. 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. 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. && $$
14 follow-up statements
706 WHUS41 KAKQ 052342 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 742 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 NCZ017-060745- /O.EXB.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK- 742 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST DURING TUESDAY MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH RISK BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-060745- /O.EXT.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 742 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST DURING TUESDAY MORNING INCREASING TO HIGH RISK BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA LONG PERIOD SWELLS SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SURF CONDITIONS...EXPECT 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY... BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 4 HOUR WINDOW CENTERED AROUND LOW TIDE. 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. 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. && $$ DEROSA
371 WHUS41 KAKQ 060722 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 322 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-070000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 322 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ JM
899 WHUS41 KAKQ 062134 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 534 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-071000- /O.EXT.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 534 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. 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. 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. && $$
939 WHUS41 KAKQ 070817 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 417 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-080000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 417 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
610 WHUS41 KAKQ 072003 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 403 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 MDZ021>023-VAZ077-080800- /O.NEW.KAKQ.CF.Y.0006.110908T0200Z-110908T0800Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-NORTHUMBERLAND- 403 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EDT THURSDAY. * SYNOPSIS: MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDE CYCLE TONIGHT ALONG THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AS TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL BE NEAR 1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL. * AREAS AFFECTED: PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE...BISHOPS HEAD...AND LEWISETTA. * TIDES: AT CAMBRIDGE...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 158 AM...AND THE LATEST FORECAST IS 3.5 FT MLLW. AT BISHOPS HEAD...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1053 PM...AND THE LATEST FORECAST IS 3.5 FT MLLW. AT LEWISETTA...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 1104 PM...AND THE LATEST FORECAST IS 3.0 FT MLLW. * IMPACTS: AT CAMBRIDGE MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 3.5 FT MLLW...AND AT LEWISETTA MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 3.0 FT MLLW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS...TIDES... AND/OR WAVE ACTION WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF PRONE LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-080800- /O.EXT.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 403 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
458 WHUS41 KAKQ 080821 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 421 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ021>023-VAZ077-080930- /O.EXP.KAKQ.CF.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110908T0800Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-NORTHUMBERLAND- 421 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-081630- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 421 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
959 WHUS41 KAKQ 080841 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 441 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-090000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 441 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. 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. && $$
100 WHUS41 KAKQ 082002 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 402 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-VAZ099-090100- /O.NEW.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.110908T2002Z-110909T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 402 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ MDZ024-090100- /O.NEW.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.110908T2002Z-110909T0100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER- 402 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 SWELL FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA COMBINED WITH THE APPROACH OF FULL MOON COULD PRODUCE MINOR OVERWASH IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ON THE OCEAN SIDE FROM OCEAN CITY TO CHINCOTEAGUE DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT OCEAN CITY OCCURS AT 627 PM. HIGH TIDE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD APPROACH MINOR STAGE AGAIN AT OCEAN CITY. $$ NCZ017-102-VAZ098-100-090000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- NORTHAMPTON VA- 402 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
381 WHUS41 KAKQ 082032 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 432 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-VAZ099-091000- /O.EXT.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 432 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. 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. && $$ NCZ017-102-VAZ098-100-091000- /O.EXT.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- NORTHAMPTON VA- 432 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ MDZ024-090100- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER- 432 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 SWELL FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA COMBINED WITH THE APPROACH OF FULL MOON COULD PRODUCE MINOR OVERWASH IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ON THE OCEAN SIDE FROM OCEAN CITY TO CHINCOTEAGUE DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT OCEAN CITY OCCURS AT 627 PM. HIGH TIDE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD APPROACH MINOR STAGE AGAIN AT OCEAN CITY. $$
602 WHUS41 KAKQ 082046 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 446 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-VAZ099-091200- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 446 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ MDZ024-090100- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER- 446 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 SWELL FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA COMBINED WITH THE APPROACH OF FULL MOON COULD PRODUCE MINOR OVERWASH IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ON THE OCEAN SIDE FROM OCEAN CITY TO CHINCOTEAGUE DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT OCEAN CITY OCCURS AT 627 PM. HIGH TIDE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD APPROACH MINOR STAGE AGAIN AT OCEAN CITY. $$ NCZ017-102-VAZ098-100-091200- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- NORTHAMPTON VA- 446 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
234 WHUS41 KAKQ 082103 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 503 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-VAZ099-091200- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 503 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. 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. && $$ MDZ024-090100- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER- 503 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 SWELL FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA COMBINED WITH THE APPROACH OF FULL MOON COULD PRODUCE MINOR OVERWASH IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ON THE OCEAN SIDE FROM OCEAN CITY TO CHINCOTEAGUE DURING HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE AT OCEAN CITY OCCURS AT 627 PM. HIGH TIDE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD APPROACH MINOR STAGE AGAIN AT OCEAN CITY. $$ NCZ017-102-VAZ098-100-091200- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- NORTHAMPTON VA- 503 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. 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. && $$
731 WHUS41 KAKQ 090053 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 853 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 MDZ025-VAZ099-090900- /O.CAN.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 853 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ MDZ024-090200- /O.CAN.KAKQ.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER- 853 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN AS HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND THE THREAT FOR MINOR OVERWASH IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS ON THE OCEAN SIDE HAS DIMINISHED. HIGH TIDE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING COULD APPROACH MINOR STAGE AGAIN AT OCEAN CITY AS SWELL FROM HURRICANE KATIA COMBINES WITH THE APPROACH OF A FULL MOON. $$ NCZ017-102-VAZ098-100-090900- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- NORTHAMPTON VA- 853 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TOMORROW...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
438 WHUS41 KAKQ 090725 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 325 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-100000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 325 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT THREAT...HIGH. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA. * SURF CONDITIONS...BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TODAY...BUT WILL BE STRONGEST IN A 2 HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH IS MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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. 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. && $$ BMD
802 WHUS41 KAKQ 092347 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 747 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 MDZ025-NCZ017-102-VAZ098>100-100100- /O.CAN.KAKQ.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 747 PM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL DROP TO MODERATE RISK FOR SATURDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 50 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Virginia, 2011Rip Current Statements in Maryland, 2011Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.