Beach Hazards Statement issued October 18 at 3:24AM EDT until October 18 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
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* WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Onslow County beaches. * WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Onslow
- event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-18T08:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T03:24:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.523cfd40838f89a4c2dee3d1c22dbaad7c188f65.008.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1c2331befea2bbe6962538ac28872fa4c0a0a9d8.008.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13ae7e1da47230cfff91b99011363c9ace051d59.008.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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