Alert archive / North Carolina / Beach Hazards Statements in 2021
Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 20, 2021, 8:58 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2021, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
125 WHUS42 KMHX 210058 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 858 PM EDT Thu May 20 2021 NCZ196-203-205-211300- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0010.210521T1200Z-210522T0000Z/ East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 858 PM EDT Thu May 20 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras, and Core Banks beaches north of Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 9:30 am, however strong rip currents are anticipated to be present throughout the whole day. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
325 WHUS42 KMHX 210807 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 407 AM EDT Fri May 21 2021 NCZ196-203-205-212015- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0010.210521T1200Z-210522T0000Z/ East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 407 AM EDT Fri May 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras, and Core Banks beaches north of Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 9:30 AM. However, strong rip currents are expected throughout the entire day. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.