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Beach Hazards Statement 55, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 3, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Aug 4, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 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.
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, 0.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
740 WHUS42 KMHX 040030 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 830 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-041230- /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0055.260804T1200Z-260805T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 830 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday 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 6:30 PM Tuesday. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
044 WHUS42 KMHX 040822 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 422 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-042030- /O.CON.KMHX.BH.S.0055.260804T1200Z-260805T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 422 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most likely time for strong rip currents to occur is a couple hours either side of low tide, which will occur around 6:30 PM Tuesday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Life-threatening rip currents. If caught in a rip current, remain calm. Swim in a direction following the shoreline. If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
927 WHUS42 KMHX 050011 CFWMHX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 811 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 NCZ195-196-199-204-205-051215- /O.EXP.KMHX.BH.S.0055.000000T0000Z-260805T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0056.260805T1200Z-260806T0000Z/ West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island- Hatteras Island- 811 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Hatteras to Surf City. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday 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 7:30 PM Wednesday. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 53 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 9 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
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.