Rip Current Statement
NWS Charleston SC ยท US
Details
High Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Until 8 PM EDT This Evening... ...Coastal Flood Advisory In Effect From 5 PM This Afternoon To 10 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Rip Current Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected along shorelines and tidal waterways (7.4 to 7.6 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Charleston).
Where
Coastal Colleton and Charleston Counties.
When
For the High Rip Current Risk, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 5 PM this afternoon to 10 PM EDT this evening.
Impacts
This will result in some roads becoming impassable and minor flooding of properties. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Additional details
High tide will occur around 7:10 PM today at Charleston. Saltwater inundation will be possible several hours before and after high tide.
Instructions
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Visit water.weather.gov for additional water level and flood impact information. 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 Colleton
- Charleston County, SC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston SC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39PVQH8YCSZHV4ZJMKX1PBR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9220eba0ef6e70f7eedc111b9b3c853822e58f4f.001.2
- 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.882
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | RPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWCHS |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS42 KCHS 241239 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KCHS.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-260925T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1add2c773071addd032e88669eda21dc2b80384d.001.2,2026-09-23T18:43:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d982f036080937a4424f66215b3e390c30219172.001.2,2026-09-23T13:01:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal Colleton
- Charleston County, SC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 045029 |
| SAME | 045019 |
| UGC | SCZ149 |
| UGC | SCZ150 |