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Beach Hazards Statement 39, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 4, 2021Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 4, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 5, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 5, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 5, 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 00:02 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, 0.0 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 2021-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

907 
WHUS42 KMHX 050002
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
802 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

NCZ196-203>205-051215-
/O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0038.000000T0000Z-210805T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0039.210805T1200Z-210806T0000Z/
East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
802 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Lookout.

* 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 11:30 AM Thursday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain
calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. 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.

&&

$$

NCZ195-199-050115-
/O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0038.000000T0000Z-210805T0000Z/
West Carteret-Coastal Onslow-
802 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

$$
1 follow-up statement
151 
WHUS42 KMHX 050809
CFWMHX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
409 AM EDT Thu Aug 5 2021

NCZ196-203>205-060000-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0039.210805T1200Z-210806T0000Z/
East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
409 AM EDT Thu Aug 5 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches from Duck 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 11:30 AM today.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain
calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. 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.