Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC
Areas Affected: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
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...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Hatteras Island beaches south of Cape Hatteras, and Ocracoke Island beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions.
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:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c18b23c9ec91a7b19f5ec8c963863cd9245b6d3.002.1 Codes: NCZ204, NCZ205 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c18b23c9ec91a7b19f5ec8c963863cd9245b6d3.002.1