Rip Current Statement in Colleton County, South Carolina

Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED 8/21/2025 7:31:00 AM (UTC) Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely
8/21/2025 7:31:00 AM until 8/21/2025 3:45:00 PM
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Visit water.weather.gov for additional water level and flood impact information. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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.
* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves up to 5 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected along shorelines and tidal waterways (7.3 to 7.5 feet Mean Lower Low Water at Charleston). * WHERE...Coastal Colleton and Charleston Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. For the High Rip Current Risk, through this evening. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 6 PM to 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...This could result in some roads becoming impassable. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High tide will occur around 7:45 PM this evening at Charleston. Saltwater inundation will be possible 1 to 2 hours before and after high tide.
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