Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Sep 19, 2011, 3:20 AM EDT (07:20 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 19, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Sep 19, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
320 AM EDT MON SEP 19 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS ...

.NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND ENHANCED RIP
CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH.

NCZ103-192030-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0008.110919T1200Z-110920T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
320 AM EDT MON SEP 19 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 7 FEET EARLY...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET LATE.

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

Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011

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