Alert archive / South Carolina / Rip Current Statements
Rip Current Statements in South Carolina, 2026
14 rip current statements in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of rip current statements reaches back to 2005.
Rip Current Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Rip Current Statements
- 14
- Busiest month
- August4 rip current statements
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20262 rip current statements
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | 4 days | |
| Apr 7, 9:58 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 22 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 48 hr |
| May 30, 7:59 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 24 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:24 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Horry | 24 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:37 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Horry | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:09 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | Charleston | 18 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:02 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 24 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:54 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Horry | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:03 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 11 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 30 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 24 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:22 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.