Beach Hazards Statement
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
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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 of the northern Outer Banks.
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
- Eastern Currituck
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2N6X4P6TNEYCM85RQVPRD0D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f962888d0ac12118b312ee8413b7ab46d2c130eb.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2117
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | BHS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KAKQ 161335 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0013.260916T1335Z-260917T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Eastern Currituck
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037053 |
| UGC | NCZ102 |