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Beach Hazards Statement 68, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 26, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 00:14 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785 WHUS42 KMHX 270015 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 815 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 NCZ203-205-271215- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0067.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0068.211027T1200Z-211028T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 815 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday 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 6 AM 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. && $$ NCZ196-204-270115- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0067.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island- 815 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... The Rip Current Risk south of Cape Hatteras has been downgraded to Moderate for Wednesday. $$
3 follow-up statements
563 WHUS42 KMHX 270722 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 322 AM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 NCZ203-205-272200- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0068.211027T1200Z-211028T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 322 AM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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 6 AM. 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. && $$
732 WHUS42 KMHX 272009 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 409 PM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 NCZ203-205-280000- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0068.000000T0000Z-211028T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 409 PM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
470 WHUS42 KMHX 280004 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 804 PM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 NCZ203-205-281215- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0068.000000T0000Z-211028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0069.211028T1200Z-211029T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island- 804 PM EDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday 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. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 11:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Oct 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 47 hr |
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.