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...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks beaches, and Core Banks beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...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. 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.

Event time

Oct 10, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

Source last updated

Oct 10, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

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Oct 10, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC

Provider

NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)

Location

NC, US

Severity

Moderate

area

East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks

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:2.49.0.1.840.0.749e60b3e27898b1441074136d1f2ab8391bd618.002.1

references

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instruction

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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