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High Surf Advisory 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 17, 2024Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this high surf advisory at Oct 17, 2024, 3:45 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 18, 2024, 3:11 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2024, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2024, 3:11 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 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 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Oct 17, 3:30 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 3:30 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 8:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 8:35 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Dare	23 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.