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High Surf Advisory 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 17, 2019Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this high surf advisory at Sep 17, 2019, 3:02 AM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 17, 2019, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2019, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2019, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 21, 2019, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2019-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2019-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Sep 17, 2:58 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 2:58 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 8:13 PM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
813 PM EDT Mon Sep 16 2019

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-180015-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
813 PM EDT Mon Sep 16 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-203>205-180015-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
813 PM EDT Mon Sep 16 2019

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

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

Beach erosion and ocean overwash will be possible mid through late
week as strong northeast winds combine with large swells from
Tropical Cyclone Humberto. Strong rip currents will persist through
the week as well.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 8:13 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow24 hr
Sep 17, 3:05 PM EDTGale WarningMHX31 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2019Every high surf advisory in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.