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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2021, 8:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 20, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2021, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 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, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
048 WHUS42 KMHX 200028 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 828 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 NCZ196-204-205-201230- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210620T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0022.210620T1200Z-210621T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 828 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet and Cape Lookout to Beaufort Inlet. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday 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 10 AM Sunday. 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. && $$ NCZ195-199-200130- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210620T0000Z/ West Carteret-Coastal Onslow- 828 PM EDT Sat Jun 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$
1 follow-up statement
204 WHUS42 KMHX 200900 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 500 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021 NCZ195-199-202100- /O.EXA.KMHX.BH.S.0022.210620T1200Z-210621T0000Z/ West Carteret-Coastal Onslow- 500 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Crystal Coast 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 10 am. 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. && $$ NCZ196-204-205-202100- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0022.210620T1200Z-210621T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 500 AM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 10 am. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:57 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jun 20, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 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.