Rip Current Statement

NWS Charleston SC · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-09-16 23:32:00 UTC.

Details

High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Wednesday Evening

Event: Rip Current Statement
Issued: 2026-09-16 00:05:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-16 00:05:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-16 08:15:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-17 00:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Dangerous rip currents.

Where

Georgia Beaches.

When

Through Wednesday evening.

Impacts

Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

Instructions

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.

Affected areas

Coastal Bryan
Coastal Chatham
Coastal Liberty
Coastal McIntosh

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Charleston SC
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-16 00:05:52 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~53s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2KRHG80JWAZ5JEA0Q57NFN5
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6692e235eb258e1a46adff51fcf00199e0b75f3d.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Charleston SC
AWIPS ID: CAPCHS
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.75
WMO heading: XOUS52
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 52

References

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Sent: 2026-09-15 18:08:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-15 11:57:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-15 10:30:00 UTC

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	RPS

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWCHS
WMOidentifier	WHUS42 KCHS 160005
NWSheadline	HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260917T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-16T20:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Coastal Bryan
Coastal Chatham
Coastal Liberty
Coastal McIntosh

Name	Value
SAME	013029
SAME	013051
SAME	013179
SAME	013191
UGC	GAZ217
UGC	GAZ219
UGC	GAZ239
UGC	GAZ241