Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Newport/Morehead City, NC
Areas Affected: East Carteret; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 3:33am EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 3:33am EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 3:45pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 4:00pm EDT
Event Ends: Tuesday 2:00am EDT
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 6 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...The beaches from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout. * WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 2 AM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For Sunday, beaches at risk to southeasterly wave directions will be the most impacted. From tonight and through Monday, beaches at risk to southerly wave directions will be the most impacted. Vulnerable locations along immediate coast may experience ocean overwash.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f993a5f486bd0cf5a0597f55103f67d0fed7ca0.001.1 Codes: NCZ196, NCZ204, NCZ205 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f993a5f486bd0cf5a0597f55103f67d0fed7ca0.001.1