CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 SCZ049-050-260400- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.CF.Y.0004.100525T2100Z-100526T0100Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENT RISK...THE INCREASING TIDAL DEPARTURES DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW...THE APPROACHING FULL MOON AND INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS THIS EVENING. TIDAL LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH VERY NEAR 7.0 MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN CHARLESTON HARBOR AROUND 7 PM EDT. WHEN TIDES REACH THIS LEVEL...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IMPACTS PORTIONS OF THE CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY COASTS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. 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. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST. SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WHEN TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR REACH 7.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AND ALONG THE NORTHERN GEORGIA COAST WHEN TIDES REACH 9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-260400- /O.EXT.KCHS.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-100527T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 415 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT LOW PRESSURE... BREEZY CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES AND INCREASING TIDAL INFLUENCES FROM AN APPROACHING FULL MOON WILL SUPPORT PARTICULARLY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME...THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS IS AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE AND AFTER LOW TIDE. LOW TIDE AT MOST BEACHES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DURING A HIGH RISK NO ONE SHOULD ENTER THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$