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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 6, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366 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
11 follow-up statements
504 WHUS42 KMHX 070917 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 517 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL INCREASE TODAY 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. NCZ103-104-080000- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.110907T1000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 517 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET TODAY. * 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-080000- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.110907T1000Z-110909T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 517 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 6 TO 8 FEET SOUTH TODAY. * TIMING AND TIDES... AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 3:59 AM. LOW TIDE AT 10:04 AM. HIGH TIDE 4:39 PM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
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WHUS42 KMHX 071439
CFWMHX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1039 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS
CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
KATIA IMPACT THE AREA...
LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL INCREASE TODAY 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.
NCZ103-104-072245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1039 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY.
* SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET TODAY.
* TIMING AND TIDES...
AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 10:04 AM.
HIGH TIDE AT 4:42 PM.
LOW TIDE AT 11:09 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.
&&
$$
NCZ095-098-072245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
1039 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY.
* SURF HEIGHT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT
AND 6 TO 8 FEET SOUTH TODAY.
* TIMING AND TIDES...
AT ATLANTIC BEACH... LOW TIDE AT 10:04 AM.
HIGH TIDE AT 4:39 PM.
LOW TIDE AT 11:09 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH
ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN
EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
&&
$$
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM795 WHUS42 KMHX 072026 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 426 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL INCREASE TONIGHT 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. NCZ103-104-081000- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 426 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH THURSDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING ON THURSDAY AT 8 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 10 TO 15 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 4:41 PM THIS AFTERNOON...5:02 AM THURSDAY...AND 5:35 PM THURSDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-081000- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 426 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH THURSDAY * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THURSDAY AT 10 TO 15 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 4:38 PM THIS AFTERNOON...4:59 AM THURSDAY...AND 5:32 PM THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
948 WHUS42 KMHX 080248 AAA CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1048 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT 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. NCZ103-104-081100- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1048 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH THURSDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING ON THURSDAY AT 8 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 10 TO 15 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 5:02 AM AND 5:35 PM THURSDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-081100- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 1048 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY NIGHT... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH THURSDAY * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THURSDAY AT 10 TO 15 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 4:59 AM AND 5:32 PM THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
299 WHUS42 KMHX 080812 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 412 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL PEAK LATER TODAY. 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. NCZ103-104-090000- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 412 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING TODAY AT 8 TO 11 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 10 TO 15 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 5:02 AM AND 5:35 PM THURSDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-090000- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 412 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING TODAY AT 9 TO 14 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 4:59 AM AND 5:32 PM THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 11
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WHUS42 KMHX 081445
CFWMHX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1045 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS
CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
KATIA IMPACT THE AREA...
LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL PEAK LATER TODAY.
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.
NCZ103-104-082245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1045 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY.
* SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING TODAY AT 8 TO 11 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE
AND 10 TO 15 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE.
* TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...
LOW TIDE AT 11:05 AM.
HIGH TIDE AT 5:36 PM.
LOW TIDE AT 11:59 AM.
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.
&&
$$
NCZ095-098-082245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
1045 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY.
* SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING TODAY AT 9 TO 14 FEET NORTH OF CAPE
LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.
* TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...
LOW TIDE AT 11:05 AM
HIGH TIDE AT 5:33 PM
LOW TIDE AT 11:59 PM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH
ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN
EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
&&
$$
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM614 WHUS42 KMHX 081910 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 310 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. NCZ103-104-090315- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 310 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THIS EVENING AT 8 TO 11 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 9 TO 13 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 5:36 PM...LOW TIDE AT 11:59 PM....HIGH TIDE AT 5:55 AM FRIDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-090315- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 310 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK TODAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THIS EVENING AT 9 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 5:33 PM...LOW TIDE AT 11:59 PM...HIGH TIDE AT 5:52 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
346 WHUS42 KMHX 082029 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 429 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. NCZ103-104-090430- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 429 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THIS EVENING AT 8 TO 11 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 9 TO 13 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 5:36 PM...LOW TIDE AT 11:59 PM....HIGH TIDE AT 5:55 AM FRIDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-090430- /O.EXT.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T0400Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 429 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...PEAKING THIS EVENING AT 9 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 5:33 PM...LOW TIDE AT 11:59 PM...HIGH TIDE AT 5:52 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
350 WHUS42 KMHX 090518 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 118 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WITH HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE AREA... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA WILL HAVE PEAKED EARLIER TONIGHT AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS. 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. NCZ103-104-091330- /O.CON.KMHX.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110909T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 118 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...SHORE BREAK PEAKED EARLIER TONIGHT AT 8 TO 11 FEET NORTH OF RODANTHE AND 9 TO 13 FEET SOUTH OF RODANTHE. SWELL AND SHORE BREAK WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...HIGH TIDE AT 5:55 AM FRIDAY. 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. && $$ NCZ095-098-091330- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 118 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TO SURF CITY. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...SHORE BREAK PEAKED EARLIER TONIGHT AT 9 TO 12 FEET NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT AND 7 TO 9 FEET SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. SWELL AND SHORE BREAK WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * TIDES...AT ATLANTIC BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 5:52 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 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
499 WHUS42 KMHX 091037 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 637 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COAST... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA PEAKED EARLIER THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY. 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-091915- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 637 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 8 FT WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FT TODAY. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 12:45 PM FRIDAY. 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
891 WHUS42 KMHX 091415 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1015 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE KATIA CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COAST... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATIA PEAKED EARLIER THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENT ALONG THE COAST ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-092215- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110910T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1015 AM EDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM DUCK TO OCRACOKE. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK THROUGH FRIDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FT TODAY. * TIDES...AT CAPE HATTERAS...LOW TIDE AT 12:45 PM TODAY. 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 6, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 4:13 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 62 hr | |
| Sep 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Onslow, Pitt | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 29 min |
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Rip 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.