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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Oct 2, 2011, 3:54 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2011, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598 WHUS42 KMHX 020754 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 354 AM EDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE OPHELIA WILL RESULT IN ROUGH SURF AND ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-022100- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0010.111002T0754Z-111003T0400Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 354 AM EDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT... * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH GREATEST THREAT 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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 && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
637 WHUS42 KMHX 021932 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 332 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE TODAY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE OPHELIA WILL RESULT IN ROUGH SURF AND ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-030000- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-111003T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 332 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GREATEST THREAT 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE IS AROUND 6:30 PM THIS EVENING. * OTHER HAZARDS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.