Rip Current Statement issued October 10 at 9:56AM EDT until October 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Horry and Coastal Georgetown Counties. * WHEN...Today. * 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
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- SC, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Horry; Coastal Georgetown
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-10T09:56:00-04:00
- states
- ["SC"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-10T09:56:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8d5ef0b8db2f0c0aa597afffeb0ee5d9887fcf0.003.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0da90392d2924c1902cc24019ecaaa0dcf4b194b.003.2","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5b6acb7c67f855fcae94c578b12379f4f460c96f.004.2"]
- 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
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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