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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Oct 13, 2012, 3:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2012, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 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.
042 WHUS42 KCHS 130730 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 330 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A EAST SWELL...STRENGTHENING NORTHEAST WINDS AND INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPING OF POWERFUL RIP CURRENTS TODAY. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-131600- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0008.121013T0730Z-121014T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 330 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND...AND THE BEACHES OF FAR SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING EDISTO ISLAND... HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. 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. && $$ ST
3 follow-up statements
754 WHUS42 KCHS 131509 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1109 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF AN EAST SWELL...STRENGTHENING NORTHEAST WINDS AND INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF POWERFUL RIP CURRENTS TODAY. GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-132315- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-121014T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 1109 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND...AND THE BEACHES OF FAR SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING EDISTO ISLAND... HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
534 WHUS42 KCHS 131851 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 251 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF AN EAST SWELL...STRENGTHENING NORTHEAST WINDS AND INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL INFLUENCES WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF POWERFUL RIP CURRENTS TODAY. SCZ050-140000- /O.EXA.KCHS.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-121014T0000Z/ CHARLESTON- 251 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE BEACHES OF CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH AND KIAWAH ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. 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. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-049-051-140000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-121014T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 251 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS: THE BEACHES OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND...AND THE BEACHES OF FAR SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING EDISTO ISLAND... HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * RIP CURRENT RISK: HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
284 WHUS42 KCHS 132346 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 746 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048>051-140100- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-121014T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 746 PM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. $$
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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.