Rip Current Statement issued October 9 at 2:16PM EDT until October 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Retrieved by TradePilot
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- GA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Bryan; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Coastal McIntosh
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-09T14:16:00-04:00
- states
- ["GA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T14:16:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a6331a1867f5cc3f00f1a450d42597b9da0fe2e.003.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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