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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 20, 2011

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at Sep 20, 2011, 11:03 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2011, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

643 
WHUS42 KMHX 201503
CFWMHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1103 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2011

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

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

NCZ103-210000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0009.110920T1503Z-110921T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1103 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2011

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHEST WATER
  LEVELS BETWEEN 1 PM TO 2 PM AS HIGH TIDE OCCURS.


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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	51 min

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Sources

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