Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC
Areas Affected: West Carteret; East Carteret; Coastal Onslow
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Friday 1:51pm EDT
Alert Effective: Friday 1:51pm EDT
Alert Expires: Friday 8:00pm EDT
Event Onset: Friday 1:51pm EDT
Event Ends: Friday 8:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Cape Lookout to Surf City. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions.
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. Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c18b23c9ec91a7b19f5ec8c963863cd9245b6d3.001.1 Codes: NCZ195, NCZ196, NCZ199 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c18b23c9ec91a7b19f5ec8c963863cd9245b6d3.001.1