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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 15, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2012, 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.
350 WHUS42 KMHX 151956 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 356 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS AND FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. NCZ095-104-160800- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0018.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 356 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT * 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 2 PM SUNDAY 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 && $$ NCZ103-160800- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 356 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS AND FOR ALL BEACHES FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION... ALL BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 130 AM AND 2 PM SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
6 follow-up statements
535 WHUS42 KMHX 160041 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 841 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ103-160900- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 841 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION... ALL BEACHES. * 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 130 AM TONIGHT AND 2 PM SUNDAY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-104-160900- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0018.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 841 PM EDT SAT SEP 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 2 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
543 WHUS42 KMHX 160702 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 302 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ103-162000- /O.CAN.KMHX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMHX.BH.S.0018.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 302 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION... ALL BEACHES. * 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 2 PM TODAY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-104-162000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0018.120916T1200Z-120917T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 302 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 2 PM TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
907 WHUS42 KMHX 161511 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1111 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ095-103-104-162315- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-120917T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1111 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * 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 2 PM TODAY. 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 && $$
418 WHUS42 KMHX 161946 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 346 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND CAPE HATTERAS MONDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ095-103-104-170400- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-120918T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 346 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
646 WHUS42 KMHX 161956 CCA CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 355 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND CAPE HATTERAS MONDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT HURRICANE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ095-103-104-170415- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-120918T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 355 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS. * 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 3 PM MONDAY. 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 && $$
862 WHUS42 KMHX 170705 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 305 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND CAPE HATTERAS TODAY... .RESIDUAL SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE NADINE WILL CONTINUE GENERATING A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE LOOKOUT. NCZ095-103-104-172000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-120918T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 305 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE LOOKOUT... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION...FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE... WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
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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.