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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this high surf advisory at Apr 16, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
The text
As transmitted.
748 WHUS42 KCHS 160716 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 316 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 GAZ117-119-139-141-161530- /O.NEW.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.160416T0900Z-160416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 316 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...COASTAL LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. * BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS...4 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. THERE WILL ALSO BE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY NEAR INLETS...CUTS AND BAYS. SWELLS APPROACHING THESE AREAS CAN LEAD TO LARGE...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. && $$ SCZ048>051-161530- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 316 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENTS...WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
974 WHUS42 KCHS 161433 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1033 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 GAZ117-119-139-141-162245- /O.CON.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 1033 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. * BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS...4 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. THERE WILL ALSO BE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY NEAR INLETS...CUTS AND BAYS. SWELLS APPROACHING THESE AREAS CAN LEAD TO LARGE...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. && $$ SCZ048>051-162245- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1033 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENTS...WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. && $$
636 WHUS42 KCHS 161911 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 311 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 GAZ117-119-139-141-170000- /O.CON.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 311 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...COASTAL LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. * BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS...4 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. THERE WILL ALSO BE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY NEAR INLETS...CUTS AND BAYS. SWELLS APPROACHING THESE AREAS CAN LEAD TO LARGE...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. && $$ SCZ048>051-170000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 311 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENTS...WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. && $$
130 WHUS42 KCHS 162055 CFWCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 455 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 GAZ117-119-139-141-170000- /O.EXP.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160416T2100Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 455 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * 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. && $$ SCZ048>051-170000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 455 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENTS...WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF DUE TO LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. && $$
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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.