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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jun 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2026, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 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, Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
827 WHUS42 KCHS 021817 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 217 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-SCZ148>151-030230- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0003.260603T1200Z-260604T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 217 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Carolina Beaches, and Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
561 WHUS42 KCHS 022314 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 714 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-SCZ148>151-030715- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.260603T1200Z-260604T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 714 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Carolina Beaches, and Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
033 WHUS42 KCHS 031113 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 713 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-SCZ148>151-031915- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.260603T1200Z-260604T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 713 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Carolina Beaches, and Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...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. && $$
952 WHUS42 KCHS 031818 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 218 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-SCZ148>151-040000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260604T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 218 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...South Carolina Beaches, and Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
697 WHUS42 KCHS 032355 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 755 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 GAZ217-219-239-241-SCZ148>151-040100- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260604T0000Z/ Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh- Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- 755 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 9:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 81 min |
| Jun 2, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Jun 2, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 64 min | |
| Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Tattnall, Toombs | 70 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.