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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2011, 4:52 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2011, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 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.
872 WHUS42 KMHX 042052 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 452 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... EROSION AND SAND BAR MOVEMENT DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALLOWED RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME A BIGGER THREAT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS HURRICANE KATIA APPROACHES THE EAST COAST THIS WEEK. 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. NCZ103-050500- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0006.110905T1200Z-110906T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110905T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 452 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH RISK FOR ALL OF THE OUTER BANKS ON MONDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM MONDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 2:32 PM MONDAY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-098-104-050500- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0006.110905T1200Z-110906T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 452 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...CORE BANKS AND THE CRYSTAL COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK ON MONDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM MONDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 2:29 PM MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ 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
5 follow-up statements
961 WHUS42 KMHX 050945 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 545 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... EROSION AND SAND BAR MOVEMENT DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALLOWED RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME A BIGGER THREAT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS HURRICANE KATIA APPROACHES THE EAST COAST THIS WEEK. 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-060000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.110905T1200Z-110906T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 545 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:29 PM. AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:32 PM. 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 && $$
608 WHUS42 KMHX 051951 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 351 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... EROSION AND SAND BAR MOVEMENT DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALLOWED RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME A BIGGER THREAT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS HURRICANE KATIA APPROACHES THE EAST COAST THIS WEEK. 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-061000- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 351 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH TUESDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:29 PM. AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:32 PM. 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 && $$
869 WHUS42 KMHX 060726 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 326 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... EROSION AND SAND BAR MOVEMENT DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALLOWED RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME A BIGGER THREAT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS HURRICANE KATIA APPROACHES THE EAST COAST THIS WEEK. 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-070000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 326 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:29 PM. AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 7:46 AM. HIGH TIDE AT 2:32 PM. 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 && $$
890
WHUS42 KMHX 061442
CFWMHX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1042 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS
SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA...
EROSION AND SAND BAR MOVEMENT DUE TO HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALLOWED
RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME A BIGGER THREAT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS OF
NORTH CAROLINA AS HURRICANE KATIA APPROACHES THE EAST COAST THIS
WEEK. 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.
NCZ095-098-103-104-062245-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1042 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO SURF CITY.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH TODAY.
* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET.
* TIMING AND TIDES...
AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 3:37 PM.
LOW TIDE AT 10:12 PM.
AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 3:40 PM.
LOW TIDE AT 10:12 PM.
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=RCVTECCHM366 WHUS42 KMHX 062013 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 413 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND PEAK THURSDAY. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENT ALONG THE COAST. 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. NCZ103-104-070900- /O.NEW.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.110907T1000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0007.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 413 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND TIDES... AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 4:02 AM. LOW TIDE AT 10:04 AM. HIGH TIDE 4:42 PM. 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 A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ NCZ095-098-070900- /O.NEW.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.110907T1000Z-110909T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0007.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110907T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 413 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 6 TO 8 FEET SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND TIDES... AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 3:59 AM. LOW TIDE AT 10:04 AM. HIGH TIDE 4:39 PM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 11:13 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Sep 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 days |
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Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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