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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Charleston, SC

May 9, 2015

NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at May 9, 2015, 11:36 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2015, 11:36 AM EDT (15:36 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2015, 3:47 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

440 
WHUS42 KCHS 091536
CFWCHS

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1136 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2015

SCZ050-100000-
/O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0002.150509T1536Z-150510T0000Z/
CHARLESTON-
1136 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...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.

* RIP CURRENTS...WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE 
  DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS 
  WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
449 
WHUS42 KCHS 091947
CFWCHS

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
347 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2015

SCZ050-092100-
/O.CAN.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150510T0000Z/
CHARLESTON-
347 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK.


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 11:24 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHSBerkeley17 hr

Nearby

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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.