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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2010, 4:18 PM EDT. It took effect at May 25, 2010, 4:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2010, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2010, 4:10 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 WHUS42 KCHS 242018 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 418 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-250430- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 418 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC AND HIGH PRESSURE INLAND WILL ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST WINDS AS HIGH AS 20 OR 25 MPH AT AREA BEACHES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...SWELLS FROM THE ATLANTIC LOW WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 3 OR 4 FEET EVERY 9 SECONDS IN THE SURF ZONE. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING FULL MOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY RIP CURRENTS...THERE ARE SOMETIMES CLUES SUCH AS...A CHANNEL OF CHURNING OR CHOPPY WATERS...AN AREA IN THE WATER HAVING A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN COLOR FROM THE SURROUNDING WATER...A LINE OF FOAM...SEAWEED OR DEBRIS MOVING STEADILY OUT TO SEA...OR A BREAK IN THE INCOMING WAVE PATTERN. THE RIP CURRENT MAY LOOK LIKE A RIVER IN THE OCEAN IN SOME CASES. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 33
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468 WHUS42 KCHS 242104 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 504 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-250515- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 504 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC AND HIGH PRESSURE INLAND WILL ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST WINDS AS HIGH AS 20 OR 25 MPH AT AREA BEACHES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION... SWELLS FROM THE ATLANTIC LOW WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 3 OR 4 FEET EVERY 9 SECONDS IN THE SURF ZONE. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING FULL MOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES TUESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER THE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES ON TUESDAY OCCURS BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY RIP CURRENTS...THERE ARE SOMETIMES CLUES SUCH AS...A CHANNEL OF CHURNING OR CHOPPY WATERS...AN AREA IN THE WATER HAVING A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN COLOR FROM THE SURROUNDING WATER...A LINE OF FOAM...SEAWEED OR DEBRIS MOVING STEADILY OUT TO SEA...OR A BREAK IN THE INCOMING WAVE PATTERN. THE RIP CURRENT MAY LOOK LIKE A RIVER IN THE OCEAN IN SOME CASES. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 33
160 WHUS42 KCHS 242107 CCA CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 506 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-250530- /O.COR.KCHS.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 506 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC AND HIGH PRESSURE INLAND WILL ALLOW FOR NORTHEAST WINDS AS HIGH AS 20 OR 25 MPH AT AREA BEACHES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION... SWELLS FROM THE ATLANTIC LOW WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 3 OR 4 FEET EVERY 9 SECONDS IN THE SURF ZONE. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING FULL MOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES TUESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER THE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES ON TUESDAY OCCURS BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY RIP CURRENTS...THERE ARE SOMETIMES CLUES SUCH AS...A CHANNEL OF CHURNING OR CHOPPY WATERS...AN AREA IN THE WATER HAVING A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN COLOR FROM THE SURROUNDING WATER...A LINE OF FOAM...SEAWEED OR DEBRIS MOVING STEADILY OUT TO SEA...OR A BREAK IN THE INCOMING WAVE PATTERN. THE RIP CURRENT MAY LOOK LIKE A RIVER IN THE OCEAN IN SOME CASES. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 33
869 WHUS42 KCHS 250215 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1015 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-251000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.100525T1200Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1015 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATLANTIC LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE INLAND WILL PRODUCE NORTHEAST WINDS AS HIGH AS 20 OR 25 MPH AT AREA BEACHES TUESDAY. IN ADDITION... SWELLS FROM THE ATLANTIC LOW WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 3 OR 4 FEET EVERY 9 SECONDS IN THE SURF ZONE. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING FULL MOON WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES TUESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER THE LOW TIDE ON TUESDAY. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES ON TUESDAY OCCURS BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
271 WHUS42 KCHS 250810 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 410 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-251600- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0001.100525T0810Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 410 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 12 PM AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
240 WHUS42 KCHS 251038 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 638 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-251630- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 638 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME... THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 12 PM AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
105 WHUS42 KCHS 251540 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-252200- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 12 PM AND 2 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
412 WHUS42 KCHS 252010 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 410 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 SCZ049-050-260100- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0004.100525T2100Z-100526T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 410 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENT RISK...THE INCREASING TIDAL DEPARTURES DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW...THE APPROACHING FULL MOON AND INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS THIS EVENING. TIDAL LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH VERY NEAR 7.0 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 7 PM EDT. WHEN TIDES REACH THIS LEVEL...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-260000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100526T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 410 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
627 WHUS42 KCHS 252015 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 SCZ049-050-260400- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0004.100525T2100Z-100526T0100Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENT RISK...THE INCREASING TIDAL DEPARTURES DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW...THE APPROACHING FULL MOON AND INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS THIS EVENING. TIDAL LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH VERY NEAR 7.0 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 7 PM EDT. WHEN TIDES REACH THIS LEVEL...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-260400- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
418 WHUS42 KCHS 260056 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 SCZ049-050-261000- /O.EXP.KCHS.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100526T0100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-261000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JAQ
061 WHUS42 KCHS 260155 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 955 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-261000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 955 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JAQ
845 WHUS42 KCHS 260747 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 347 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-261600- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 347 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SWELL WAVES FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
656 WHUS42 KCHS 261535 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1135 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-262200- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1135 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SWELL WAVES FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME... THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
552 WHUS42 KCHS 262008 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 408 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 SCZ048>051-270200- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0005.100526T2200Z-100527T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 408 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SWELL WAVES FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENT RISK...THE APPROACHING FULL MOON AND ELEVATED SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING. TIDAL LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 7.2 AND 7.4 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 8 PM EDT. WHEN TIDES REACH THESE LEVELS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-270000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 408 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SWELL WAVES FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE...BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
025 WHUS42 KCHS 262353 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 753 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 SCZ048>051-270200- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100527T0200Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 753 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE APPROACHING FULL MOON AND ELEVATED SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING. TIDAL LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 7.2 AND 7.4 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 8 PM EDT...THEN GRADUALLY LOWER THROUGH 10 PM EDT. WHEN TIDES REACH THESE LEVELS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-270100- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 753 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT. $$ JAQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| May 23, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 67 min |
| May 23, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 54 min |
| May 23, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh | 61 min |
| May 23, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 60 min | |
| May 23, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Evans | 30 min |
| May 23, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Liberty | 26 min |
| May 23, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 66 min |
| May 24, 3:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 3 days | |
| May 24, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 24 min |
| May 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper | 66 min |
| May 23, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 27 min |
| May 24, 1:47 AM EDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 7 hr |
| May 24, 4:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston | 86 min |
| May 24, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Charleston | 51 min |
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Sources
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