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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2021, 3:59 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2021, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 957 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
802 WHUS42 KMHX 300759 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 359 AM EDT Sun May 30 2021 NCZ203-302000- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0016.210530T0759Z-210531T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 359 AM EDT Sun May 30 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...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 5:30 PM. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
135 WHUS42 KMHX 310001 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 801 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021 NCZ203-311600- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210531T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0017.210531T0001Z-210601T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 801 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 7 AM and 6 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NCZ205-311600- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0017.210531T0001Z-210601T0000Z/ Hatteras Island- 801 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Hatteras Island beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...Through Monday 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 7 AM and 6 PM. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret | 114 min |
| May 30, 9:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.