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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at May 6, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT. It took effect at May 7, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WHUS42 KMHX 062050 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 450 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... .PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS COMBINED WITH A VERY HIGH TIDE CYCLE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY AND CRAVEN COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE NEUSE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND ARE POSSIBLE. LARGE NORTHEASTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS ON MONDAY. NCZ103-070800- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0005.120507T1200Z-120508T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0006.120506T2300Z-120507T0800Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 450 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT ON MONDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 4 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL BE AT THEIR HIGHEST NEAR AND AFTER THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS AROUND 830 PM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. ROADWAYS MOST PRONE TO THE FLOODING MAY EXPERIENCE SOME OVERWASH. * OTHER HAZARDS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ NCZ093-095-070800- /O.CON.KMHX.CF.Y.0006.120506T2300Z-120507T0800Z/ CRAVEN-CARTERET- 450 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...ACROSS SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND AND THE NEUSE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. * TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL BE AT THEIR HIGHEST NEAR AND JUST AFTER THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM. * IMPACTS...TIDAL CREEKS AND BAYS IN DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY AND CRAVEN COUNTY COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING WITH LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND PROPERTIES AFFECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
407 WHUS42 KMHX 070843 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 443 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY. NCZ103-080000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0005.120507T1200Z-120508T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 443 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 4 FEET. * 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 3 PM EDT 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. && $$
390 WHUS42 KMHX 071628 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1228 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM HATTERAS INLET NORTH... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY. NCZ103-080000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120508T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 1228 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF HATTERAS INLET * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM EDT TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
183 WHUS42 KMHX 071649 AAA CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1249 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM HATTERAS INLET NORTH... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF HATTERAS INLET TODAY. NCZ103-080000- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120508T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 1249 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF HATTERAS INLET * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 4 FEET. * 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 3 PM EDT 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. && $$
934 WHUS42 KMHX 072040 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 440 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RIP CURRENTS RISK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT ON TUESDAY. NCZ103-080445- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0006.120508T1200Z-120509T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120508T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- 440 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 330 PM EDT TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ NCZ095-104-080445- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0006.120508T1200Z-120509T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 440 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING NORTH CAPE LOOKOUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. * 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 330 PM EDT TUESDAY. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 58 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 66 min |
| May 5, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| May 6, 4:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| May 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 15 hr |
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Sources
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