Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
307 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

NCZ203-205-301915-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0015.260430T1200Z-260501T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
307 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* 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 1 PM today.

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.

&&

$$

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Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
331 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

NCZ203-205-010000-
/O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260501T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
331 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

...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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip
  currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide.

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.

&&

$$

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Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
759 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

NCZ203-205-011200-
/O.CAN.KMHX.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260501T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0016.260501T1200Z-260502T0000Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
759 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING NORTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras.

* WHEN...Through Friday 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 2:00 PM Friday.

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.

&&

$$

Martin

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
253 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Small Craft Advisory has been cancelled for central waters. PoPs
decreased for today, and increased for Thursday. Marine wind
gusts increased for Saturday.

&&

.KEY MESSAGES...
1.) Line of scattered showers with maybe a thunderstorm or two
possible tonight. Severe thunderstorm chances decreased.

2) MCS moving through the Carolinas Thursday bringing chances
of rain.

3.) Rain arrives this weekend as a low pressure system develops
off of the southeast coast on Saturday and drags a frontal
system through the area Saturday night.

Marine: Small Craft Advisory cancelled. Heightened winds and
seas possible this weekend.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A series of weak shortwaves rotating around an upper low
centered north of the Great Lakes will push across the area
over the next couple of days. An initial shortwave and attendant
low pressure system will move out of the mid-Mississippi Valley
and push northward through the Ohio Valley today. Mid level dry
layer paired with no instability and a lack of forcing have
resulted in an underwhelming amount of precip this afternoon.
Generally dry conditions expected to continue into the evening,
before a cold front moves through tonight. Ahead of the cold
front, scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm are possible.
However, meager instability given nocturnal stability precludes
any notable severe threat.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Another shortwave bringing an MCS with it will
trek across the Carolinas Thursday. There is some uncertainty of
how north the precip shield extends, with PoPs decreasing the
further north you go. NBM has not resolved this trend in
guidance yet, so went well above NBM in this forecast cycle.
Thunder chances remain low enough to keep out of the forecast
Thursday over land with the MCS, with some reinvigoration
possible once the MCS encounters warm gulf stream waters.

KEY MESSAGE 3...An increasing chance for much needed rainfall
will be on Saturday as a low pressure develops off of the
southeast coast and works its way over eastern NC. As this is
happening an upper level low centered over Ontario and Quebec
will work to deepen an upper level trough that will begin to
push a supporting wave out of Texas which will eventually
elongate into the frontal system that will accompany the coastal
low. The merged systems will push through Saturday night into
Sunday and move offshore but not before some significant
rainfall areas along the coast having a 50-75% chance of at
least an inch of rainfall, decreasing to 30-50% chance inland.

As far as convection is concerned, currently most of the
instability remains offshore with northerly flow keeping
profiles more stable over land. This should keep rainfall rates
low enough to preclude any flash flooding threat, especially
when paired with the drought conditions in place. Still a lot
of uncertainty in the models regarding how strong the low will
get and will have to monitor as the system gets closer.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Some patches of lower ceilings (2500-3000 ft) will exist for
the next few hours this afternoon, while other areas across ENC
see ceilings in the range of 3500-4000 ft. VFR conditions are
expected this evening and tonight, however a broken line of
showers and thunderstorms will move from NW to SE across the
forecast area, and could lead to some temporary reductions to
MVFR levels. Thereafter, VFR conditions will continue the rest
of the tonight and through the day tomorrow.

Outlook: Back to mainly VFR Thu into Fri, then conditions
deteriorate Fri night through Sat as widespread rain with
lowered cigs afflict ENC. Winds generally in the 5-15 kt range
through the rest of the week. The low pres area clears out by
Sunday with return to VFR.

&&

.MARINE...
Currently seeing light winds less than 15 kt across the waters,
mainly out of the southeast, with seas around 3-5 ft. Winds
will gradually increase to around 10-20 kt this evening as low
pressure passes north of the area, then will become NW to N late
tonight behind a cold front. Could see a few gusts to 20-25 kt
tonight with best chances over the Gulf Stream waters, but most
areas should remain below SCA criteria. Wave guidance is
overperforming, with models indicating 6-7 ft over diamond
shoals, when current obs are 4-5 ft. For this reason, elected to
cancel the SCA that was in place until Friday morning. Cold
front moving through tonight may bring some thunderstorms
capable of gusty winds along marine zones. Thursday late morning
through the afternoon a MCS moves through our waters, with
thunderstorm chances returning for warm gulf stream waters
where instability is the highest.

Outlook: Another low pressure system may pass across or just
south of the waters late in the week which could bring another
chance for small craft advisory criteria to be met Saturday into
Sunday.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...Beach Hazards Statement until 8 PM EDT this evening for NCZ203-
     205.
MARINE...None.

&&

DISCUSSION...RJ
AVIATION...SGK
MARINE...RJ

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
406 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>195-198-199-302015-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-West Carteret-Inland Onslow-Coastal Onslow-
406 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ205-302015-
Hatteras Island-
406 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-302015-
Northern Outer Banks-
406 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ196-204-302015-
East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-
406 PM EDT Wed Apr 29 2026

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.