119 

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CFWMHX



COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

300 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009



NCZ095-098-103-104-142030-

/O.CON.KMHX.CF.S.0008.090514T1200Z-090515T0000Z/

CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-

300 AM EDT THU MAY 14 2009



...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT TODAY...



SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL

LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES. THE

MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A

COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE AROUND 530 PM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT

TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY

TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET

AWAY FROM THE RIP...THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY

TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN

EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.



&&



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112 

WHUS42 KMHX 141958

CFWMHX



COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

358 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2009



NCZ095-098-103-104-151000-

/O.CAN.KMHX.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-090515T0000Z/

/O.NEW.KMHX.CF.S.0009.090515T1200Z-090516T0000Z/

CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-

358 PM EDT THU MAY 14 2009



...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM RODANTHE TO SURF CITY 

FRIDAY...



SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH COMBINED WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL

LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES ON FRIDAY.

THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A

COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE AROUND 630 PM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT

TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY

TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET

AWAY FROM THE RIP...THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY

TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN

EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.



$$