Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
355 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION
BERYL MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY PRODUCING DANGEROUS SHORE
BREAK AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. SEAS
THIS MORNING WILL BE AROUND 2 TO 4 FEET BUT WILL QUICKLY BUILD TO
4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

NCZ095-098-103-104-302100-
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CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
355 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* HAZARDS...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP 
  CURRENTS. 

* LOCATION...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES AND A 
  HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. 

* TIMING AND TIDES...SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR
  LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER
  SIDE OF LOW TIDE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK
  WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL
  OCCUR AROUND 3:30 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR
  AROUND 9:30 PM THIS EVENING.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COMBINED WITH ROUGH 
  SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SURF 
  CONDITIONS. 

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

&&

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1136 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BERYL MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY PRODUCING DANGEROUS SHORE
BREAK AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. SEAS
THIS MORNING WILL BE AROUND 2 TO 4 FEET BUT WILL QUICKLY BUILD TO
4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

NCZ095-098-103-104-310100-
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CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1136 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH...

* HAZARDS...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP 
  CURRENTS. 

* LOCATION...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES AND A
  HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH.

* TIMING AND TIDES...SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE
  THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE
  OF LOW TIDE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK WILL
  BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR
  AROUND 3:30 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND
  9:30 PM THIS EVENING.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COMBINED WITH ROUGH 
  SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SURF 
  CONDITIONS. 

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

&&

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
642 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS POST TROPICAL
BERYL MOVES NORTHEAST OFF THE COAST...

...MINOR SOUND SIDE FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TO
DOWN-EAST CARTERET COUNTY.

.POST TROPICAL BERYL WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OFF THE OUTER BANKS THIS
EVENING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO
WATER LEVELS RISING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL MAINLY FROM CAPE
HATTERAS SOUTH TO DOWN-EAST CARTERET COUNTY. DANGEROUS SHORE
BREAK AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WILL
ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. 

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CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
642 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP 
  CURRENTS. 

* LOCATION...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES AND A
  HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH. MINOR
  SOUND- SIDE FLOODING FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO DOWN-EAST CARTERET
  COUNTY. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...WATER LEVELS RISING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
  FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY.

* TIMING AND TIDES...SURF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 4 TO 6 FEET
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW
  TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 9:30 PM THIS EVENING. THE MINOR SOUND
  SIDE FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COMBINED WITH ROUGH
  SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SURF
  CONDITIONS. THE SOUND-SIDE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME ROADS
  ADJACENT TO THE SOUND TO BECOME FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.


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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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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NCZ098-310645-
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ONSLOW-
642 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

* HAZARDS...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP 
  CURRENTS. 

* LOCATION...DANGEROUS SHORE BREAK ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES AND A 
  HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH. 

* TIMING AND TIDES...SURF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT 4 TO 6 FEET
  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW
  TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 9:30 PM THIS EVENING.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS COMBINED WITH ROUGH 
  SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SURF 
  CONDITIONS. 

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

&&

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1004 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012


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CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1004 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS
CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS POST
TROPICAL BERYL MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER
LEVELS OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE.

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NCZ098-310315-
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ONSLOW-
1004 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS POST
TROPICAL BERYL MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

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