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| #514500 (Received by flhurricane at: 5:03 PM 29.May.2012) CFWILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 454 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY... THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND INCREASING SWELLS AHEAD OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS ON WEDNESDAY. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-301030- /O.NEW.KILM.RP.S.0002.120530T1000Z-120531T0000Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 454 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO WINYAH BAY SOUTH CAROLINA. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FT FOR ALL BEACHES...EXCEPT...5 TO 7 FEET FOR THE NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 915 AM WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN 2 HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ |
