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: Friday 8:19pm EDT
Alert Effective: Friday 8:19pm EDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 8:30am 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 IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...The beaches north of Cape Hatteras. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday 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 9:19 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.c251b1fa965165456b50d43abc2e567e758b36ad.001.2 Codes: NCZ203, NCZ205 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c251b1fa965165456b50d43abc2e567e758b36ad.001.2