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Beach Hazards Statement 66, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 22, 2021, 4:21 AM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 22, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2021, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
655 WHUS42 KMHX 220821 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 421 AM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021 NCZ196-204-205-222030- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0066.211022T1100Z-211023T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 421 AM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING BETWEEN CAPE HATTERAS AND CAPE LOOKOUT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras 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 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
008 WHUS42 KMHX 221408 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1008 AM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021 NCZ196-204-205-230000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0066.000000T0000Z-211023T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 1008 AM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 3 pm. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 40 min |
| Oct 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 51 min |
| Oct 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Oct 22, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 17 min |
| Oct 22, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 27 min |
| Oct 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 28 min |
| Oct 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min |
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.