Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Apr 25, 2012, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 26, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Apr 26, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
516 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO SURF CITY...

A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT. SWELL WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
MORNING INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE BEACHES. 

NCZ095-098-103-104-260530-
/O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0004.120426T1200Z-120427T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
516 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF CITY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET IN THE LATE MORNING.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW
  TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 315 PM MONDAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
438 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO SURF CITY...

A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
SWELL WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG THE BEACHES.

NCZ095-098-103-104-261645-
/O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0004.120426T1200Z-120427T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
438 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF 
  CITY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET IN THE LATE 
  MORNING.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING 
  RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. 
  LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 5 PM TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$

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