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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1227 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FRIDAY...
ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BREAKERS OF 4 TO 7 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
THIS HIGH SURF WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE.
THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
$$ HURRICANE STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 1145 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUES TO MEANDER OFF THE FLORIDA COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
PERSISTENT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INCREASE THURSDAY AS FAY MEANDERS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. TIDES
ARE RUNNING 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS THIS EVENING AND
TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER
INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
MINOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED WITH MODERATE TO MAJOR EROSION
POSSIBLE ON NORTHEAST FACING SHORELINES AND BEACHES SUCH AS FOLLY
BEACH...EDISTO ISLAND AND WILD DUNES. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD
ALSO OCCUR SHOULD TIDAL DEPARTURES REACH GREATER THAN 2 FEET
DURING HIGH TIDE. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.
...WINDS...
WINDS ARE AVERAGING 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BUT SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH COULD OCCUR IN PASSING SQUALLS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH COULD BREAK SMALL TREE BRANCHES
AND LIMBS...WHICH COULD FALL ON POWER LINES. SATURATED SOILS FROM
HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS MAY ALSO INCREASE
THE RISK FOR DOWNED SMALL TREES AND POWER LINES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE CIRCULATION OF FAY WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAINS LIKELY OCCURRING DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE RISK FOR FLOODING MAY BECOME LOCALLY ENHANCED SHOULD HEAVY
RAINS FALL DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE
CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 1140 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS REMAIN VERY LOW...WITH SOME RISES LIKELY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE RISK FOR RIVER FLOODING...AT
LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...IS LOW.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA.
...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY BUT AN
ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST INTO AT LEAST FRIDAY.
A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS
SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED
SURF SWIMMERS THAT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE A RIP CURRENT SHOULD ENTER
THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING
QUICKLY 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.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.
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