Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC
Areas Affected: Northern Outer Banks; Hatteras Island
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Saturday 4:01am EDT
Alert Effective: Saturday 4:01am EDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 4:15pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Saturday 8:00am EDT
Event Ends: Saturday 8:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * 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 9:15 AM Saturday.
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.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.426b1018a5fa66444b21a5ccadfc7b8158e6c5d3.001.1 Codes: NCZ203, NCZ205 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.426b1018a5fa66444b21a5ccadfc7b8158e6c5d3.001.1