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Beach Hazards Statement 40, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 26, 20264 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 26, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1784 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones17 min
Jun 27, 2:35 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX29 hr
Jun 27, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare79 min
Jun 27, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
Jun 27, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jun 27, 10:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde117 min
Jun 27, 10:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jun 27, 10:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare2 hr
Jun 27, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX36 min
Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXEdgecombe30 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt59 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX94 min
Jun 27, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jun 27, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin47 min
Jun 27, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington43 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt36 min
Jun 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington49 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir33 min
Jun 27, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort40 min
Jun 27, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX37 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven29 min
Jun 27, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX56 min
Jun 27, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell37 min
Jun 27, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX81 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico33 min
Jun 27, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare25 min
Jun 27, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX54 min
Jun 27, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Jones20 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare49 min
Jun 27, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico41 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Jun 27, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico49 min
Jun 27, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX13 min
Jun 27, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
Jun 27, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow48 min
Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min

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.