Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at May 3, 2011, 3:09 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2011, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2011, 4:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893 WHUS42 KCHS 030709 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 309 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 SCZ048>051-031515- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0002.110503T0709Z-110504T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 309 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE...ALL IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
3 follow-up statements
582 WHUS42 KCHS 031039 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 639 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 SCZ048>051-031845- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110504T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 639 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT RISK: THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPE ROMAIN...ISLE OF PALMS... SULLIVANS ISLAND... FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * IMPACTS: WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
888 WHUS42 KCHS 031528 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1128 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 SCZ048>051-040000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110504T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1128 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
227 WHUS42 KCHS 032043 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 443 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 SCZ048>051-032145- /O.CAN.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110504T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 443 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF RIP CURRENTS FROM VARIOUS BEACHES IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. THAT ALONG WITH SWELLS LESS THAN 3 FEET EVERY 8 OR 9 SECONDS INDICATES THAT THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED. $$ 33
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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.