CFWILM

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
515 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

NCZ100-SCZ034-046-011715-
/O.CON.KILM.RP.S.0007.100901T1100Z-100902T0000Z/
BRUNSWICK-HORRY-GEORGETOWN-
515 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

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

LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM MAJOR HURRICANE EARL...ALONG WITH THE
COMBINED EFFECTS OF ONSHORE WIND AND SWELL DIRECTION...WILL
PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR ALL AREA BEACHES.
THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE A FEW HOURS
EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 7 AM AND 8 PM.
ANYONE VENTURING TO THE BEACH SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE
UNTIL THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT HAS SUBSIDED...AND YOU CAN
MAKE IT SAFELY BACK TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE
THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT IF TRAVELING TO THE BEACH YOU STAY OUT OF THE
WATER ENTIRELY.

&&

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