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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 18, 2012

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 18, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

258 
WHUS42 KMHX 181413
CFWMHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1013 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AND LINGERING SWELL
ENERGY WILL LEAD TO A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

NCZ103-190000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0008.120618T1413Z-120619T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1013 AM EDT MON JUN 18 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

* LOCATION...FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH. 

* 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 1 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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Sources

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