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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 3, 2021, 8:07 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 4, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2021, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
504 WHUS42 KMHX 040007 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 807 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 NCZ196-204-205-041215- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0018.210604T1200Z-210605T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 807 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to 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 5 PM Friday. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
438 WHUS42 KMHX 040844 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 444 AM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021 NCZ196-204-205-042045- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0018.210604T1200Z-210605T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 444 AM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 5 PM Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 28 min | |
| Jun 4, 12:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 13 days |
| Jun 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 37 min |
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.