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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1013 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BEACHES
NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

.LINGERING LARGE PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH
SURF AND HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. WAVE HEIGHTS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE WITH BREAKING WAVES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET
ALONG THE EASTERN FACING BEACHES. EXPECT STRONG SWELL ENERGY TO
STILL RESULT IN A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS NORTH OF CAPE
HATTERAS.

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OUTER BANKS DARE-
1013 AM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

* LOCATION...ALL AREA BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS THROUGH 
  THIS EVENING.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET.

* IMPACTS...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE MOST 
  PREVALENT A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL 
  OCCUR AROUND 1230 PM TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH
ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN
EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

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