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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Aug 28, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WHUS42 KMHX 281430 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1030 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 NCZ095-103-104-290000- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0004.110828T1430Z-110829T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1030 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... RESIDUAL SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRENE ARE STILL IMPACTING 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 1:00 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 && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Aug 28, 5:33 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.