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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 8, 2026Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 8, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 9, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2026, 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 00:38 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 beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Apr 8, 8:04 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 8:04 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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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.