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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Jun 27, 2012, 3:03 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2012, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WHUS42 KCHS 270703 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 303 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-271600- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0005.120627T0703Z-120628T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 303 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH RISK. * TIMING: THROUGH 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
921 WHUS42 KCHS 271030 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 630 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-271830- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 630 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH RISK. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
435 WHUS42 KCHS 271530 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1130 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 SCZ048>051-280000- /O.EXA.KCHS.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1130 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING ISLE OF PALMS...SULLIVANS ISLAND...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...SEABROOK ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH AND HILTON HEAD ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH RISK. * TIMING: THROUGH 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 && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-280000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1130 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH RISK. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
361 WHUS42 KCHS 272332 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 732 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-280045- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 732 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
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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.