Beach Hazards Statement
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC ยท US
New
Details
Beach Hazards Statement In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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, which will occur around 6 PM today.
Instructions
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Affected areas
- Northern Outer Banks
- Hatteras Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2N6K8KQBNH8CY8G384S61PS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4234102a531bf405e2b7a938d4fb71298903a294.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMHX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2065
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | BHS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWMHX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KMHX 161330 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMHX.BH.S.0061.260916T1330Z-260917T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northern Outer Banks
- Hatteras Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037055 |
| UGC | NCZ203 |
| UGC | NCZ205 |