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Beach Hazards Statement 54, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 15, 2021, 7:44 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 16, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2021, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 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
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 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
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027 WHUS42 KMHX 152344 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 744 PM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021 NCZ196-204-205-161100- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0054.210916T1200Z-210917T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 744 PM EDT Wed Sep 15 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From Thursday morning 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 10 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
241 WHUS42 KMHX 160809 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 409 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 NCZ196-204-205-162015- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0054.210916T1200Z-210917T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 409 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 10 AM Thursday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
617 WHUS42 KMHX 162344 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 744 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 NCZ203-171145- /O.EXB.KMHX.BH.S.0054.210917T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 744 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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 AM Friday. 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. && $$ NCZ196-204-205-171145- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0054.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 744 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Lookout. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 11 AM Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
197 WHUS42 KMHX 170826 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 426 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 NCZ196-203>205-172200- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0054.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ East Carteret-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 426 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Lookout. * 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 11 AM. 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. && $$
245 WHUS42 KMHX 180024 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 824 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 NCZ203-205-181000- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0054.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0055.210918T1200Z-210919T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 824 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around noon Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NCZ196-204-180130- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0054.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island- 824 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Surf conditions will improve Saturday, however we are still expecting a moderate threat of rip current north of Cape Lookout. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 3 days |
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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.