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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at May 12, 2021, 8:11 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2021, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 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
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
198 WHUS42 KMHX 130011 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 811 PM EDT Wed May 12 2021 NCZ196-204-205-131400- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210513T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0009.210513T0011Z-210514T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 811 PM EDT Wed May 12 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...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. && $$ NCZ203-130115- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210513T0000Z/ Northern Outer Banks- 811 PM EDT Wed May 12 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Beach hazards statement has expired. $$
1 follow-up statement
521 WHUS42 KMHX 130917 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 517 AM EDT Thu May 13 2021 NCZ196-204-205-132130- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210514T0000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 517 AM EDT Thu May 13 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 19 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.