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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 508 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS 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.
ALSO...THE HIGH SURF WILL 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: 605 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. 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. CURRENTLY
TIDES ARE RUNNING 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON 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 CURRENTLY AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
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. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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.
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 9 PM 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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