Rip Current in South Carolina, July 11, 2023

Name: Rip Current in South Carolina, July 11, 2023
Start: 2023-07-11T11:00
End: 2023-07-11T13:45
Location: South Carolina

July 11, 2023 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Conditions became favorable for the development of rip currents at Folly Beach in the early afternoon hours. One rip current became strong enough to cause lifeguards to rescue a few swimmers.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.

Conditions became favorable for the development of rip currents at Folly Beach in the early afternoon hours. One rip current became strong enough to cause lifeguards to rescue a few swimmers.

Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Charleston

When: July 11, 11:00 AM EST to 1:45 PM EST
Where: Charleston forecast zone
Reported by: Lifeguard

Folly Beach lifeguards reported a moderate strength rip current that started in the late morning hours and continued into the early afternoon. The rip current was located on the south end of the island near the Folly Beach County Park, about 150 feet east of a groin. The rip current was approximately 20 yards wide and extended offshore about 20 yards. There were six rescues associated with this rip current, but no injuries.

What these are

Rip Current: A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1122483.