Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Jun 8, 2016, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

16 hr

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

022 
WHUS42 KMHX 080737
CFWMHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
337 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2016

...STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY...

.LINGERING SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL PRODUCE STRONG RIP
CURRENTS SOUTH OF RODANTHE TODAY.

NCZ095-098-103-104-090000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0007.160608T0737Z-160609T0000Z/
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
337 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* HAZARDS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 

* LOCATION...BEACHES SOUTH OF RODANTHE. 

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL
  BE A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE, WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND
  430 PM.

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.

&&

$$

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