735 WHUS42 KCHS 022256 CFWCHS COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 656 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2013 SCZ048>051-030700- /O.EXA.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130504T2100Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 656 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT SATURDAY. * SURF HEIGHT...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DELIVER LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST...ENHANCING THE RISK FOR BEACH EROSION AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND MAKING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS FOR THOSE IN THE WATER. A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO BEACH EROSION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH AND HUNTING ISLAND IN COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND TYBEE ISLAND... SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND IN COASTAL GEORGIA. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 TO REPORT ESTIMATED BREAKER HEIGHTS. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO #WXREPORT. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-030700- /O.CON.KCHS.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130504T2100Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- 656 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT SATURDAY... * SURF HEIGHT...BREAKERS OF 5 TO 7 FT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DELIVER LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST...ENHANCING THE RISK FOR BEACH EROSION AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND MAKING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS FOR THOSE IN THE WATER. A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO BEACH EROSION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILD DUNES...FOLLY BEACH...EDISTO BEACH AND HUNTING ISLAND IN COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND TYBEE ISLAND... SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND IN COASTAL GEORGIA. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON DIRECTLY AT 1-888-383-2024 TO REPORT ESTIMATED BREAKER HEIGHTS. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR SEND A TWEET TO @NWSCHARLESTONSC. && $$