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Beach Hazards Statement 44, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 21, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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
- 1648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
342 WHUS42 KMHX 220001 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 801 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 NCZ195-196-199-203>205-221215- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0043.000000T0000Z-210822T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0044.210822T0001Z-210823T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 801 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Eastern North Carolina beaches. * WHEN...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 2 PM Sunday. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
073 WHUS42 KMHX 221030 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 630 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 NCZ195-196-199-203>205-222230- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0044.000000T0000Z-210823T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 630 AM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Eastern North Carolina beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 2 pm today. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 3:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Aug 22, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min |
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.