Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Apr 6, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 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.
476 WHUS42 KCHS 060821 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 421 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-061630- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.A.0002.120407T0300Z-120408T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0001.120406T1200Z-120407T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 421 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING...PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * OTHER HAZARDS...AREAS BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR AND AT THE EVENING HIGH TIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. 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. 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 && $$ SCZ052-061630- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.A.0002.120407T0300Z-120408T0300Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 421 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE AND MODERATE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING...PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$
5 follow-up statements
753 WHUS42 KCHS 060907 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 507 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-061715- /O.CAN.KCHS.CF.A.0002.120407T0300Z-120408T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.120406T1200Z-120407T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 507 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING...PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE... BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * OTHER HAZARDS...AREAS BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR AND AT THE EVENING HIGH TIDE. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON... WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. 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. 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 && $$ SCZ052-061715- /O.CAN.KCHS.CF.A.0002.120407T0300Z-120408T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 507 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. * LOCATION...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE AND MODERATE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING... PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON... WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$
955 WHUS42 KCHS 061059 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 659 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-061900- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.120406T1200Z-120407T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 659 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING...PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE... BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * OTHER HAZARDS...AREAS BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR AND AT THE EVENING HIGH TIDE. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 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. 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 && $$ SCZ052-061900- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 659 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE PERIGEAN SPRING TIDE AND MODERATE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING... PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. && $$
706 WHUS42 KCHS 061432 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-062245- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE...MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING...PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE... BETWEEN 7 AND 11 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 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. 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 && $$ SCZ052-062245- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTY. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE AND MODERATE WINDS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING... PERHAPS EVEN SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. * TIMING...BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR...WITH POSSIBLY MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR PARTS OF THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PROPERTY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. && $$ JRL
087 WHUS42 KCHS 061940 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 340 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-070300- /O.UPG.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.W.0001.120406T2200Z-120407T0300Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 340 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 830 PM AND 915 PM. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 630 PM WITH WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE UNTIL HIGH TIDE OCCURS...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 11 PM. TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 7.8 AND 8.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. AT SAVANNAH...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 9.8 AND 10.0 FEET. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON PENINSULA AND BEACH COMMUNITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SALT WATER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. && $$ SCZ052-070300- /O.UPG.KCHS.CF.A.0001.120406T2300Z-120407T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.W.0001.120406T2200Z-120407T0300Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 340 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 830 PM AND 915 PM. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 630 PM WITH WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE UNTIL HIGH TIDE OCCURS...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 11 PM. TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 7.8 AND 8.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. AT SAVANNAH...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 9.8 AND 10.0 FEET. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON PENINSULA AND BEACH COMMUNITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SALT WATER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. && $$
345 WHUS42 KCHS 070006 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 806 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-070300- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0300Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 806 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 830 PM AND 915 PM. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 630 PM WITH WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE UNTIL HIGH TIDE OCCURS... THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH 11 PM. TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR ARE FORECAST TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 7.8 AND 8.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. AT SAVANNAH...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 9.8 AND 10.0 FEET. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS THE CHARLESTON PENINSULA AND BEACH COMMUNITIES. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SALT WATER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING INCLUDE... BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH...HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$ SCZ052-070300- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120407T0300Z/ TIDAL BERKELEY- 806 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LARGER THAN NORMAL SURF WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING AROUND HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 830 PM AND 915 PM. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT SALT WATER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | CHS | 11 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | CHS | 46 min | |
| Apr 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Apr 5, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 96 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:04 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CHS | 11 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2012Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
Sources
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