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CFWILM

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1046 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2017

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER HAS EXPIRED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT ALL BEACHES REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY...

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COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY-
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
1046 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...ALL BEACHES OF PENDER...NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK... 
  HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH

* SURF HEIGHT...AT THE PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY BEACHES SURF 
  HEIGHTS WILL BE 5 TO 7 FEET. AT THE BRUNSWICK...HORRY AND 
  GEORGETOWN COUNTY BEACHES SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE 3 TO 6 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME 
  TODAY...BUT WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG AROUND TIME OF LOW TIDE 
  WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND NOON.

* OTHER HAZARDS...A MODERATE NORTH TO SOUTH LONGSHORE CURRENT IS 
  EXPECTED...EXCEPT AT THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES WHERE A WEAK TO 
  MODERATE EAST TO WEST LONGSHORE CURRENT WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE.

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, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND
SIGNS.

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