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Beach Hazards Statement 55, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 17, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 18, 2021, 4:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2021, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2021, 4:47 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ NCZ196-204-180130- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0054.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island- 824 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Surf conditions will improve Saturday, however we are still expecting a moderate threat of rip current north of Cape Lookout. $$
3 follow-up statements
099 WHUS42 KMHX 180847 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 447 AM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021 NCZ203-205-182100- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0055.210918T0847Z-210919T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 447 AM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * 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 NOON. 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. && $$
537 WHUS42 KMHX 182319 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 719 PM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021 NCZ203-205-190915- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0055.000000T0000Z-210920T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 719 PM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 1 PM Sunday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
214 WHUS42 KMHX 190733 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 333 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 NCZ203-205-200000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0055.000000T0000Z-210920T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 333 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * 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 130 pm. 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.