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Beach Hazards Statement 28, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 27, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 28, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
602 WHUS42 KMHX 272341 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 741 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-281145- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0028.210628T1200Z-210629T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 741 PM EDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout, and Crystal Coast beaches. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday 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 5 PM Monday. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
916 WHUS42 KMHX 280823 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 423 AM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-282030- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0028.210628T1200Z-210629T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 423 AM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout, and Crystal Coast beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 5 PM Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
738 WHUS42 KMHX 282038 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 438 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-291000- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210630T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 438 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Surf City. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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 6 AM and 6 PM Tuesday. 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. && $$
245 WHUS42 KMHX 290830 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 430 AM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-292030- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210630T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 430 AM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Surf City. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 6 AM and 6 PM Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current remain calm. Don't fight the current. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. When out of the current, swim back to shore. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 40 hr |
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.