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Beach Hazards Statement 56, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 21, 2021, 7:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2021, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 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 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687 WHUS42 KMHX 212329 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 729 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 NCZ195-196-199-203>205-221130- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0056.210922T0000Z-210923T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 729 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Eastern North Carolina beaches. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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 3:30 PM Wednesday. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
389 WHUS42 KMHX 220805 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 405 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 NCZ195-196-199-203>205-230000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0056.000000T0000Z-210923T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 405 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...All Eastern North Carolina beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 3 pm. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
907 WHUS42 KMHX 230021 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 821 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 NCZ195-196-199-204-231230- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0056.000000T0000Z-210923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0057.210923T1100Z-210924T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- 821 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City, and Ocracoke Island beaches. * WHEN...From 7 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 4 pm tomorrow. 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. && $$ NCZ203-205-231230- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0056.000000T0000Z-210923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0057.210923T1100Z-210924T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 821 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 7 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 4 pm tomorrow. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days |
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.