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Beach Hazards Statement 59, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 1, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 2, 2021, 4:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2021, 4:12 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
074 WHUS42 KMHX 020129 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 929 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 NCZ195-199-203-021330- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0059.211002T1200Z-211003T0000Z/ West Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- 929 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Crystal Coast beaches, and northern Outer Banks beaches. * 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 10:30 AM 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. && $$ NCZ196-204-205-021330- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0059.211002T1200Z-211003T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 929 PM EDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Dangerous shore break of 4 to 6 feet can throw a swimmer or surfer head first into the bottom causing neck and back injuries. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 10:30 AM Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Shore break occurs when waves break directly on the beach. It is extremely important to protect your head and neck whenever you are in breaking waves by keeping your hands in front of you at all times. && $$
1 follow-up statement
253 WHUS42 KMHX 020812 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 412 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 NCZ195-199-203-022015- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0059.211002T0812Z-211003T0000Z/ West Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- 412 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Crystal Coast beaches, and northern Outer Banks 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 10:30 AM this morning. 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. && $$ NCZ196-204-205-022015- /O.EXT.KMHX.BH.S.0059.211002T0812Z-211003T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 412 AM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Dangerous shore break can throw a swimmer or surfer head first into the bottom causing neck and back injuries. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 10:30 AM this morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. Shore break occurs when waves break directly on the beach. It is extremely important to protect your head and neck whenever you are in breaking waves by keeping your hands in front of you at all times. && $$
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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.