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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WHUS42 KCHS 152000 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 400 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 SCZ048>051-160600- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0001.110416T1200Z-110417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 400 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK: THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE OF PALMS...SULLIVANS ISLAND... FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * IMPACTS: WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DURING A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. 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. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
682 WHUS42 KCHS 160211 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1011 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 SCZ048>051-161030- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.110416T1200Z-110417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1011 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK: THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE OF PALMS... SULLIVANS ISLAND... FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * IMPACTS: WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DURING A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 33
890 WHUS42 KCHS 160809 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 409 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 SCZ048>051-161600- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.110416T1200Z-110417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 409 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK: THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE OF PALMS... SULLIVANS ISLAND... FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * IMPACTS: WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. 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. && $$
106 WHUS42 KCHS 161354 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 954 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 SCZ048>051-170000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 954 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK: THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE OF PALMS... SULLIVANS ISLAND... FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * IMPACTS: WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
035 WHUS42 KCHS 162340 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 740 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 SCZ048>051-170045- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 740 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 28 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.