Alert archive / Guam / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Guam
NWS Guam issued this rip current statement at Dec 2, 2019, 12:19 AM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2019, 12:19 AM CST (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2019, 1:35 PM CST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Guam
The text
As transmitted.
283 WHMY40 PGUM 020619 CFWGUM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 419 PM CHST MON DEC 2 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR NORTH AND EAST FACING REEFS... GUZ001>004-022000- /O.NEW.PGUM.RP.S.0010.191202T0619Z-191204T0800Z/ GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN- 419 PM CHST MON DEC 2 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * NORTH FACING REEFS...NORTH SWELL CONTINUES TO SUBSIDE. HOWEVER... RESIDUAL EFFECTS COMBINED WITH WRAP AROUND FROM EAST FACING REEFS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * EAST FACING REEFS...INCREASING TRADE-WIND SWELL WILL PRODUCE SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET. SURF WILL REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 FEET...HOWEVER...WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ KLEESCHULTE
3 follow-up statements
656 WHMY40 PGUM 021947 CFWGUM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 547 AM CHST TUE DEC 3 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR EAST FACING REEFS... GUZ001>004-030900- /O.CON.PGUM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-191204T0800Z/ GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN- 547 AM CHST TUE DEC 3 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * EAST FACING REEFS...TRADE-WIND SWELL WILL PRODUCE SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET. SURF WILL REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 FEET...HOWEVER...WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ ZIOBRO
297 WHMY40 PGUM 030537 CFWGUM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 337 PM CHST TUE DEC 3 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR EAST FACING REEFS... GUZ001>004-032000- /O.CON.PGUM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-191204T0800Z/ GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN- 337 PM CHST TUE DEC 3 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * EAST FACING REEFS...ENHANCED TRADE-WIND SWELL FROM A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SOUTH OF THE MARIANAS WILL PRODUCE SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET. SURF WILL REMAIN BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF 12 FEET... HOWEVER...WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ EDSON
305 WHMY40 PGUM 031935 CFWGUM COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 535 AM CHST WED DEC 4 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... GUZ001>004-032045- /O.CAN.PGUM.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-191204T0800Z/ GUAM-ROTA-TINIAN-SAIPAN- 535 AM CHST WED DEC 4 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. OBSERVATIONS HAVE SHOWN A DECREASE IN THE TRADE-WIND SWELL. SURF HAS DECREASED TO 6 TO 8 FEET. THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW MODERATE. && $$ ZIOBRO
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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.