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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this rip current statement at May 8, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT. It took effect at May 9, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 9, 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.
613 WHUS42 KMHX 082038 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 438 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RIP CURRENTS RISK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT ON WEDNESDAY. NCZ095-103-104-090900- /O.NEW.KMHX.RP.S.0007.120509T1200Z-120510T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120509T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 438 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...2 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 430 PM EDT TUESDAY. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
177 WHUS42 KMHX 090659 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 259 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RIP CURRENTS RISK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY. NCZ095-103-104-091800- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.120509T1200Z-120510T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 259 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
261 WHUS42 KMHX 091324 CFWMHX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 924 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... .NORTHEASTERLY SWELL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CREATE A HIGH RIP CURRENTS RISK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY. NCZ095-103-104-092130- /O.CON.KMHX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120510T0000Z/ CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 924 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALONG THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...2 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 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS... 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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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.