CFWILM

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1216 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

NCZ097-101-010530-
/O.CAN.KILM.RP.S.0007.100901T1000Z-100902T0000Z/
PENDER-NEW HANOVER-
1216 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH...

THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PENDER AND NEW
HANOVER COUNTIES DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
THESE COUNTIES FOR HURRICANE EARL. PLEASE REFER TO THE HURRICANE
LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON EARL.

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NCZ100-SCZ034-046-020000-
/O.EXT.KILM.RP.S.0007.100901T1100Z-100902T0000Z/
BRUNSWICK-HORRY-GEORGETOWN-
1216 AM EDT WED SEP 1 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING
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 ON WEDNESDAY 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 WEDNESDAY. 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.

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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

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