9/30/2025 3:24:00 AM until 9/30/2025 4:00:00 PM

If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. 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.

* WHAT...For the Beach Hazards Statement, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 11 feet in the surf zone. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor inundation 1 to 2 feet of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...Northern Outer Banks. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 AM EDT Saturday. For the Beach Hazards Statement, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Minor inundation, 1 to 2 feet above ground level, is possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways resulting in a low threat of property damage. Some roads and low lying property including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes adjacent to the waterfront will experience shallow flooding. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.