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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 24, 2012, 5:02 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 25, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2012, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2012, 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.
924 WHUS42 KMHX 242102 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 502 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RADANTHE... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS...BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH TREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE. NCZ095-103-104-250900- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0011.120825T1200Z-120826T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 502 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKE TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 800 AM SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
6 follow-up statements
863 WHUS42 KMHX 250835 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 435 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS...BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE. NCZ095-103-104-260000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0011.120825T1200Z-120826T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 435 AM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKE TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 800 AM SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
596 WHUS42 KMHX 251945 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 345 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS...WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE. NCZ095-103-104-260345- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120827T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 345 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO RODANTHE * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 900 AM SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
302 WHUS42 KMHX 260829 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 429 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM ISAAC...WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE OUTER BANKS TODAY. NCZ095-103-104-270000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120827T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 429 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO DUCK. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 900 AM SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
520 WHUS42 KMHX 262009 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 409 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM ISAAC... WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE OUTER BANKS FOR MONDAY. NCZ095-103-104-270415- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120828T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 409 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO DUCK. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1000 AM MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
831 WHUS42 KMHX 270852 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 452 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM ISAAC... WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE OUTER BANKS TODAY. NCZ095-103-104-280000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120828T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 452 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO DUCK. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1000 AM MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
391 WHUS42 KMHX 271413 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1013 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .THE COMBINATION OF LONG PERIOD SOUTHEAST SWELLS FROM ISAAC AND WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ095-103-104-272215- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120828T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1013 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO DUCK. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1000 AM MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 31 hr | |
| Aug 24, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Aug 24, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 90 min | |
| Aug 24, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every beach hazards statement in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.