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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 19, 20214 counties in North Carolina

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 704 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more27 hr
Jun 20, 4:57 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow27 hr
Jun 20, 5:05 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX4 days
Jun 20, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt51 min
Jun 20, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin35 min
Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin42 min
Jun 20, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 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.