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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 30, 2021Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
24 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 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
066 
WHUS42 KMHX 310756
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
356 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

NCZ203-205-312000-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-210601T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
356 AM EDT Mon May 31 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras.

* 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 6:30 AM and 6:30 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.

&&

$$

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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.