Beach Hazards Statement issued October 9 at 8:33PM EDT until October 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
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* WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Hatteras Island beaches, and Ocracoke Island beaches. * WHEN...For the Beach Hazards Statement, from 8 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from midnight Saturday night to 8 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. 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 2:00 PM Saturday. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf 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.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
- event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-10T08:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T20:33:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.749e60b3e27898b1441074136d1f2ab8391bd618.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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