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Beach Hazards Statement 26, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 23, 2021Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 23, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 24, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 24, 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 00:27 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 00:00Z, 0.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

943 
WHUS42 KMHX 240024
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
824 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

NCZ203-205-241230-
/O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210624T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0026.210624T1200Z-210625T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
824 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents are expected.

* WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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 1:30 Thursday afternoon.

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.
&&

$$

NCZ195-196-199-204-240130-
/O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0025.000000T0000Z-210624T0000Z/
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
824 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

There is a Moderate Risk for rip currents south of Cape Hatteras
Thursday.

$$
3 follow-up statements
069 
WHUS42 KMHX 240811
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
411 AM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

NCZ203-205-242015-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0026.210624T1200Z-210625T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
411 AM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras.

* 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 1:30 this afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
498 
WHUS42 KMHX 241431
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1031 AM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

NCZ196-204-250000-
/O.EXA.KMHX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-
1031 AM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Ocracoke Island and Core 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 1:30 this afternoon.

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.

&&

$$

NCZ203-205-250000-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
1031 AM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras.

* 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 1:30 this afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
571 
WHUS42 KMHX 250015
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
815 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

NCZ196-203>205-251215-
/O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210625T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0027.210625T1200Z-210626T0000Z/
East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
815 PM EDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke
  Island and Core Banks beaches.

* 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 2:30 Friday afternoon.

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.

&&

$$

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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.