Every watch, warning and advisory the National Weather Service has in force over Carteret County, North Carolina. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.
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Alerts in force1
Every product in force for Carteret County, worst first, with its full text.
Beach Hazards Statement
Moderate
Beach Hazards Statement issued September 26 at 1:56PM EDT until September 26 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Issued Until 4 hr 44 min left
Areas East Carteret, NC
Full text
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves
expected in the surf zone.
* WHERE...Core Banks beaches north of Cape Lookout.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water. Dangerous shore break can throw
a swimmer or surfer head first into the bottom causing neck
and back injuries.
* 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 Saturday.
What to do
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.
Shore break occurs when waves break directly on the beach. It is
extremely important to protect your head and neck whenever you
are in breaking waves by keeping your hands in front of you at
all times.
In the past year the National Weather Service issued 181 alerts for Carteret County, including 19 severe thunderstorm warnings, 3 coastal flood warnings, 2 extreme cold warnings and 2 extreme heat warnings.
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet’s archive of NWS watches, warnings and advisories (VTEC), by the county’s own code and the forecast zones inside it. Each links to the alert's own page, with its text, map, radar and sounding.
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Statement
Information about weather that does not yet meet a warning: a strong storm, a hydrologic update, or a special weather statement.
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