CFWILM

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
533 AM EDT SAT AUG 28 2010

NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-290000-
/O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0006.100828T1100Z-100829T0000Z/
PENDER-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-HORRY-GEORGETOWN-
533 AM EDT SAT AUG 28 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED BY DISTANT HURRICANE DANIELLE...
COMBINED WITH EAST NORTHEAST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF STRONG
AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS AT ALL BEACHES TODAY. THE MOST
DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF
LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 445 PM. ANYONE VENTURING TO THE
BEACH SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 2 PM
UNTIL 8 PM WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING 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. RIP CURRENTS CAN
BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

&&

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM

$$
JDW