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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 5, 2021, 8:20 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 6, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2021, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2021, 3:57 AM EDT
- In force
- 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 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
540 WHUS42 KMHX 060020 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 820 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021 NCZ205-061230- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210506T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0006.210506T1200Z-210507T0000Z/ Hatteras Island- 820 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Beaches from Cape Hatteras north. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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. && $$ NCZ195-196-199-204-060130- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210506T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- 820 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ NCZ203-061230- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0006.210506T1200Z-210507T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 820 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
901 WHUS42 KMHX 060757 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 357 AM EDT Thu May 6 2021 NCZ203-205-060900- /O.CAN.KMHX.BH.S.0006.210506T1200Z-210507T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 357 AM EDT Thu May 6 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... A prolonged threat for longshore currents is no longer expected today. Lingering strong currents are possible early to mid morning. $$
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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.