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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 11, 2021Dare County, North Carolina

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX57 hr
Jun 11, 4:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret34 min
Jun 11, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Jun 11, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde46 min
Jun 11, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX66 min
Jun 11, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell54 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min

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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.