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Beach Hazards Statement 46, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2021, 3:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2021, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 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, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687 WHUS42 KMHX 010718 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 318 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 NCZ196-199-203>205-011930- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0046.210901T1200Z-210902T0000Z/ East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 318 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke Island to Cape Lookout, and Onslow County beaches. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
795 WHUS42 KMHX 011355 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 955 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 NCZ195-020000- /O.EXA.KMHX.BH.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210902T0000Z/ West Carteret- 955 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Bogue Banks beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore. && $$ NCZ196-199-203>205-020000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210902T0000Z/ East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 955 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke Island to Cape Lookout, and Onslow County beaches. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 33 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 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.