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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Sep 7, 2011, 3:11 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2011, 3:11 AM EDT (07:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164 WHUS42 KCHS 070711 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 311 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY... GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-071600- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0006.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 311 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS 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. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. 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...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. BREAKING WAVES CAN BE MUCH LARGER THAN THEIR HEIGHTS IN DEEP WATER. WATER FROM LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN QUICKLY RUSH UP THE BEACH...SWEEP PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR FEET...AND DRAG THEM INTO THE WATER. PEOPLE VIEWING THE OCEAN FROM JETTIES...ROCK WALLS...AND OTHER AREAS NEAR THE SURF ZONE ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. FALLING INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. 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 && $$
6 follow-up statements
047 WHUS42 KCHS 070944 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 544 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY... GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-071745- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0006.110907T1200Z-110908T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 544 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE...ALL IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
868 WHUS42 KCHS 071416 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1016 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY... GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-072230- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110908T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1016 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO... ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... HUNTING ISLAND...HILTON HEAD AND TYBEE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH * TIMING: A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. 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...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. 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 && $$
523 WHUS42 KCHS 071906 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 306 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-081045- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 306 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...HILTON HEAD AND TYBEE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH * TIMING: A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING AS SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTANT HURRICANE KATIA PERSIST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE...ALL IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
271 WHUS42 KCHS 080657 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 257 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-081600- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 257 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO... ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... HUNTING ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND TYBEE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. 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...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. 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 && $$
433 WHUS42 KCHS 080734 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 334 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-081545- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 334 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO... ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH... HUNTING ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND TYBEE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE...ALL IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
771 WHUS42 KCHS 081513 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1113 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-081615- /O.CAN.KCHS.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1113 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... A DECREASE IN SWELL SIZE HAS RESULTED IN A DECREASE OF THE RIP CURRENT RISK FROM HIGH TO MODERATE FOR TODAY. $$
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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.