Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this rip current statement at Aug 2, 2026, 2:09 AM EDT for Charleston County, South Carolina. It took effect at Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2026, 2:09 AM EDT (06:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Charleston County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 1738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
795 WHUS42 KCHS 020609 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 209 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 SCZ150-021415- /O.NEW.KCHS.RP.S.0004.260802T1200Z-260803T0000Z/ Charleston- 209 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Charleston County. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
778 WHUS42 KCHS 020610 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 210 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 SCZ150-021900- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0004.260802T1200Z-260803T0000Z/ Charleston- 210 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Charleston County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
072 WHUS42 KCHS 021632 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 1232 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 SCZ150-030000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Charleston- 1232 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Charleston County. * 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. && $$
567 WHUS42 KCHS 021811 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 211 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 SCZ150-030000- /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Charleston- 211 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Charleston County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
135 WHUS42 KCHS 030014 CFWCHS Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Charleston SC 814 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 SCZ150-030115- /O.EXP.KCHS.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Charleston- 814 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The HIGH risk of rip currents has ended; however, a MODERATE risk of rip currents continues at all area beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 48 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2026Every rip current statement in 2026
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.