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Beach Hazards Statement 36, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jul 30, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 30, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 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 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
279 WHUS42 KMHX 292354 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 754 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021 NCZ196-204-205-301200- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0036.210730T1200Z-210731T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 754 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore. && $$
1 follow-up statement
058 WHUS42 KMHX 300832 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 432 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021 NCZ196-204-205-302045- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0036.210730T1200Z-210731T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 432 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 40 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 4 days |
| Jul 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 6 more | 28 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.