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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at May 11, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 12, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bryan County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Liberty County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
217 WHUS42 KCHS 111810 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 210 PM EDT Mon May 11 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-120215- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0002.260512T1200Z-260513T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- 210 PM EDT Mon May 11 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
4 follow-up statements
447 WHUS42 KCHS 120616 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 216 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-121430- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.260512T1200Z-260513T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- 216 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
476 WHUS42 KCHS 121229 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 829 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-122030- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260513T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- 829 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
868 WHUS42 KCHS 121520 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 1120 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-122330- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260513T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- 1120 AM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
308 WHUS42 KCHS 121809 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 209 PM EDT Tue May 12 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-130000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-260513T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- 209 PM EDT Tue May 12 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:33 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 58 hr | |
| May 11, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.