Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1027 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT FOR AREA BEACHES
SATURDAY FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH...

.LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM A HIGH MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST WILL
GENERATE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS.

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1027 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 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...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS

* LOCATION...FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...
  WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 1209 PM SATURDAY.

*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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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
423 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.STRONG NE WINDS WITH ELEVATED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR AREA BEACHES
FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH.

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423 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS
CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FOR THE BEACHES NORTH
OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO DUCK.

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