Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC
Areas Affected: East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Monday 8:06pm EDT
Alert Effective: Monday 8:06pm EDT
Alert Expires: Tuesday 8:15am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Tuesday 6:00am EDT
Event Ends: Tuesday 8:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO OCRACOKE INLET... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches from Duck to Cape Hatteras and also from Cape Lookout to Ocracoke Inlet. * WHEN...From 6 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 2 PM Tuesday.
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:2.49.0.1.840.0.7e0f040121daacd89cdb39ca02298670525627cd.001.2 Codes: NCZ196, NCZ203, NCZ204, NCZ205 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7e0f040121daacd89cdb39ca02298670525627cd.001.2