Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Charleston, SC
Areas Affected: Coastal Bryan; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Coastal McIntosh; Beaufort; Coastal Jasper
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 2:35pm EDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 2:35pm EDT
Alert Expires: Sunday 10:45pm EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 2:35pm EDT
Event Ends: Monday 5:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Charleston SC
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches, Beaufort, and Coastal Jasper. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday evening. For the High Surf Advisory, until 5 PM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Beach erosion is most likely to occur near the time of high tides.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cd1d19ebffb55a2c0d2889592b562a9f87082b95.002.2 Codes: SCZ148, SCZ151 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cd1d19ebffb55a2c0d2889592b562a9f87082b95.002.2