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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 18, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WHUS42 KMHX 182007 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 407 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FRIDAY FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... .LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE RAFAEL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL GENERATE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS THRU FRIDAY EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-190800- /O.CAN.KMHX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0022.121019T0000Z-121020T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 407 PM EDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. * LOCATION...AREA BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND 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 430 AM FRIDAY MORNING AND 530 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS... 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. SHORE BREAK OCCURS WHEN WAVES BREAK DIRECTLY ON THE BEACH. THE MOST COMMON INJURIES WITH STRONG SHORE BREAK ARE NECK AND BACK INJURIES...WHICH MOST OFTEN OCCUR WHEN THE POWERFUL SURF THROWS A SWIMMER OR SURFER HEAD FIRST INTO THE BOTTOM. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND NECK WHENEVER YOU ARE IN BREAKING WAVES BY KEEPING YOUR HANDS IN FRONT OF YOU AT ALL TIMES. 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 && $$
3 follow-up statements
564 WHUS42 KMHX 190753 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 353 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... .LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE RAFAEL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL GENERATE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FOR AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-192100- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-121020T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 353 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. * LOCATION...AREA BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND 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 530 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. SHORE BREAK OCCURS WHEN WAVES BREAK DIRECTLY ON THE BEACH. THE MOST COMMON INJURIES WITH STRONG SHORE BREAK ARE NECK AND BACK INJURIES...WHICH MOST OFTEN OCCUR WHEN THE POWERFUL SURF THROWS A SWIMMER OR SURFER HEAD FIRST INTO THE BOTTOM. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND NECK WHENEVER YOU ARE IN BREAKING WAVES BY KEEPING YOUR HANDS IN FRONT OF YOU AT ALL TIMES. 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 && $$
492 WHUS42 KMHX 191410 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1010 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... .LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE RAFAEL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL GENERATE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-192215- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-121020T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1010 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. * LOCATION...AREA BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND 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 530 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. SHORE BREAK OCCURS WHEN WAVES BREAK DIRECTLY ON THE BEACH. THE MOST COMMON INJURIES WITH STRONG SHORE BREAK ARE NECK AND BACK INJURIES...WHICH MOST OFTEN OCCUR WHEN THE POWERFUL SURF THROWS A SWIMMER OR SURFER HEAD FIRST INTO THE BOTTOM. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND NECK WHENEVER YOU ARE IN BREAKING WAVES BY KEEPING YOUR HANDS IN FRONT OF YOU AT ALL TIMES. 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 && $$
045 WHUS42 KMHX 192012 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 412 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... .LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE RAFAEL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL GENERATE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-200000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-121020T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 412 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CAPE HATTERAS... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. * LOCATION...AREA BEACHES BETWEEN CAPE LOOKOUT AND 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 530 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. SHORE BREAK OCCURS WHEN WAVES BREAK DIRECTLY ON THE BEACH. THE MOST COMMON INJURIES WITH STRONG SHORE BREAK ARE NECK AND BACK INJURIES...WHICH MOST OFTEN OCCUR WHEN THE POWERFUL SURF THROWS A SWIMMER OR SURFER HEAD FIRST INTO THE BOTTOM. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND NECK WHENEVER YOU ARE IN BREAKING WAVES BY KEEPING YOUR HANDS IN FRONT OF YOU AT ALL TIMES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 24 hr |
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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.