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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2012, 10:08 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2012, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649 WHUS42 KCHS 290208 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1008 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 SCZ048>051-291015- /O.CAN.KCHS.CF.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121029T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0021.121029T1100Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0011.121029T0208Z-121030T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1008 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER 8 AM ON CHARLESTON HARBOR. THE HARBOR TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 7.0 AND 7.4 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN TYPICAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TIDAL ZONE...INCLUDING PARTS OF DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. SOME AREA BEACHES WILL BE INUNDATED BY SALT WATER MONDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING MONDAY MORNING. 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 && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-291015- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0021.121029T1100Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0011.121029T0208Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1008 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING AND TIDES...HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AROUND 815 AM AT FORT PULASKI ON TYBEE ISLAND. THE FORT PULASKI TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 8.9 AND 9.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN TYPICAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TIDAL ZONE. SOME AREA BEACHES WILL BE INUNDATED BY SALT WATER MONDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING MONDAY MORNING. 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 && $$
4 follow-up statements
931 WHUS42 KCHS 290745 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 345 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-291600- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0021.121029T1100Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 345 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENTS...HIGH RISK. * TIDES...HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED AROUND 815 AM AT FORT PULASKI ON TYBEE ISLAND AS WELL AS IN CHARLESTON HARBOR. THE FORT PULASKI TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND THE CHARLESTON HARBOR TIDE IS EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN TYPICAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE TIDAL ZONE. SOME AREA BEACHES WILL BE INUNDATED BY SALT WATER MONDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING THIS MORNING. 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 && $$
921 WHUS42 KCHS 291141 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 741 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-291945- /O.CAN.KCHS.CF.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121029T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 741 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENTS...HIGH RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE...ALL IN LOWER CASE LETTERS... TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
472 WHUS42 KCHS 291438 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1038 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-292245- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1038 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENTS...HIGH RISK. 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. 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 && $$
793 WHUS42 KCHS 292202 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 602 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-292315- /O.CAN.KCHS.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-121030T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 602 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 8:04 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 65 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 10 hr | |
| Oct 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 72 hr | |
| Oct 29, 7:35 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CHS | 51 hr |
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Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2012Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.