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Beach Hazards Statement 24, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 29, 2012, 5:49 PM EDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816 WHUS42 KMHX 292149 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 549 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH SOUND SIDE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY... .THE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY FOR AREA BEACHES. HIGH SURF NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. NCZ103-104-301000- /O.NEW.KMHX.CF.W.0001.121029T2149Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.SU.Y.0004.121029T2149Z-121030T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0024.121029T2149Z-121031T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 549 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. IN ADDITION... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...6 TO 9 FEET OVERNIGHT MONDAY DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF WITH DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK * 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 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 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 && $$ NCZ095-301000- /O.NEW.KMHX.CF.Y.0008.121029T2149Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.SU.Y.0004.121029T2149Z-121030T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0024.121029T2149Z-121031T0000Z/ CARTERET- 549 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT * SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY * TIMING...DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK * COASTAL FLOODING...EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND INUNDATION FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING NEAR CEDAR ISLAND...DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH ISLAND. * 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 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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 && $$ NCZ098-301000- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0024.121029T2149Z-121031T0000Z/ ONSLOW- 549 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...ONSLOW COUNTY 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 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. 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 && $$
9 follow-up statements
986 WHUS42 KMHX 300545 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 145 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH SOUND SIDE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY... .THE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY FOR AREA BEACHES AND SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON TUESDAY. NCZ103-104-301345- /O.CAN.KMHX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 145 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF * 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 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-301345- /O.CAN.KMHX.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ CARTERET- 145 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AREAS OF DOWNEAST CARTERET... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR AREA BEACHES... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * COASTAL FLOODING...EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND INUNDATION FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING NEAR CEDAR ISLAND...DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH ISLAND. * 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 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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 && $$ NCZ098-301345- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ ONSLOW- 145 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...ONSLOW COUNTY BEACHES * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 2 AM AND 3 PM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
072 WHUS42 KMHX 300919 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 519 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING TODAY... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR AREA BEACHES AND CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE...DARE AND CARTERET COUNTIES. NCZ103-104-302000- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 519 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF * 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... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-302000- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ CARTERET- 519 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * COASTAL FLOODING...EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND INUNDATION FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING NEAR CEDAR ISLAND...DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY...INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH ISLAND. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ NCZ098-302000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ ONSLOW- 519 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...ONSLOW COUNTY 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 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 && $$
322 WHUS42 KMHX 301315 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 915 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING TODAY... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR AREA BEACHES AND CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE...AND DARE COUNTIES. NCZ095-302115- /O.CAN.KMHX.CF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ CARTERET- 915 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ NCZ103-104-302115- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 915 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF * 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... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 && $$ NCZ098-302115- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ ONSLOW- 915 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * LOCATION...ONSLOW COUNTY BEACHES * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
850 WHUS42 KMHX 301505 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1105 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SURF EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING TODAY... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF TODAY FOR AREA BEACHES AND CONTINUED SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES. NCZ103-104-310000- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1105 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF * 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... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 && $$ NCZ095-098-310000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ CARTERET-ONSLOW- 1105 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
903 WHUS42 KMHX 301929 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 329 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING OF OUTER BANKS TONIGHT... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES. NCZ103-104-310330- /O.CAN.KMHX.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.CF.Y.0009.121030T1929Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 329 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING ADJACENT TO SOUND. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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 && $$ NCZ095-310330- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ CARTERET- 329 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ NCZ098-310000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ ONSLOW- 329 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THIS EVENING. 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 && $$
827 WHUS42 KMHX 310230 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1030 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING OF OUTER BANKS TONIGHT... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES. NCZ103-104-311100- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1030 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVEL RISES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FROM SOUND SIDE FLOODING. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING ADJACENT TO SOUND. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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 && $$ NCZ095-311100- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ CARTERET- 1030 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. 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 && $$
860 WHUS42 KMHX 311023 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 623 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING OF OUTER BANKS TONIGHT... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND CONTINUED MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING FOR OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES. NCZ103-104-311830- /O.EXP.KMHX.CF.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 623 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATION...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ NCZ095-311830- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ CARTERET- 623 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS * TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. 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 && $$
394 WHUS42 KMHX 311430 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1030 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE OUTER BANKS... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY. NCZ095-103-104-312230- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1030 AM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...RODANTHE TO CAPE LOOKOUT. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$
977 WHUS42 KMHX 312013 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 413 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE OUTER BANKS... .THE EFFECTS FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NCZ095-103-104-010000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0024.000000T0000Z-121101T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 413 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...RODANTHE TO CAPE LOOKOUT. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. 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 && $$ 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 5:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 7:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 15 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 8 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.