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WHUS42 KMHX 191716 CCA
CFWMHX
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1214 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009
NCZ095-103-104-200000-
/O.COR.KMHX.CF.S.0060.000000T0000Z-091120T0000Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1214 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009
...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING FROM CAPE
LOOKOUT NORTH...
A LINGERING EAST SWELL COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL
PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE
BEACHES FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTHWARD TODAY.
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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