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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2011, 4:08 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 24, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2011, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 24, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822 WHUS42 KMHX 232008 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 408 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 NCZ095-098-103-104-240415- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0003.110824T1200Z-110825T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 408 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF RODANTHE... SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IRENE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES WEDNESDAY. THESE SWELLS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IS A COUPLE HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 930 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. 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 && $$
2 follow-up statements
807 WHUS42 KMHX 240855 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 455 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 NCZ095-098-103-104-242200- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0003.110824T1200Z-110825T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 455 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING SOUTH OF RODANTHE... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING SOUTH OF RODANTHE... SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IRENE WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IS A COUPLE HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 930 AM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
748 WHUS42 KMHX 242028 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 428 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 NCZ095-098-103-104-250430- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110826T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 428 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING SOUTH OF RODANTHE... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF RODANTHE... SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THESE SWELLS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS IS A COUPLE HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 1045 PM EDT. 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 && $$
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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.