Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Charleston, SC

Issued

May 28, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Charleston, SC

462 
WHUS42 KCHS 281520
CFWCHS

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1120 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-282330-
/O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0003.120528T1520Z-120529T0000Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
1120 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL JASPER
  COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTY TO
  COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY
  TIME 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. ALL PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF DUE TO
THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 

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

&&

$$

736 
WHUS42 KCHS 281927
CFWCHS

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
327 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-290000-
/O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120529T0000Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
327 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM CHARLESTON COUNTY TO COASTAL 
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM COASTAL CHATHAM 
  COUNTY TO COASTAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN GEORGIA. 

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* TIMING...WIDESPREAD AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT 
  ANY TIME 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. ALL PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF DUE TO
THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.

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

&&

$$

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