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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 11, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 12, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
763 WHUS42 KMHX 112358 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 758 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021 NCZ203-121200- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0019.210612T1200Z-210613T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 758 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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 330 PM Saturday. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
866 WHUS42 KMHX 120802 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 402 AM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021 NCZ203-130000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0019.210612T1200Z-210613T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 402 AM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 330 PM today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 57 hr | |
| Jun 11, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Jun 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Jun 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 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.