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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
620 WHUS42 KCHS 071455 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1055 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-072300- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0002.120407T1455Z-120408T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1055 AM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * TIMING...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. 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 && $$
2 follow-up statements
573 WHUS42 KCHS 071956 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 356 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-080400- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0001.120408T0000Z-120408T0400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 356 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE...ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 8 AND MIDNIGHT EDT. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR 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 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 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 THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$ SCZ048>051-080400- /O.NEW.KCHS.CF.Y.0001.120408T0000Z-120408T0400Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 356 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY COASTLINE SOUTHWARD TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE...ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN 8 AND MIDNIGHT EDT. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR 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 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 AND 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 THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$
968 WHUS42 KCHS 080000 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 800 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-080400- /O.CAN.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120408T0400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 800 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. AT FORT PULASKI...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 9.2 AND 9.4 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AT 934 PM AT FORT PULASKI. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MARSHES...HARBORS...INLETS AND THE INTRACOASTAL. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AT AND NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$ SCZ048>051-080400- /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120408T0400Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 800 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...CHARLESTON COUNTY COASTLINE SOUTHWARD TO COASTAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF THE SPRING TIDE... ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. AT THE CHARLESTON HARBOR...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 7.3 AND 7.5 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. * TIMING...COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AT 930 PM IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR AND 1043 PM ON THE BEAUFORT RIVER AT BEAUFORT. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG 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 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 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 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 8 hr |
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Rip Current Statements in Georgia, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
Sources
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