HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 351 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM EST
FRIDAY.
A STRONG ONSHORE WIND WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET
WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST.
WAVES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS
THE SURF...IN ADDITION TO CAUSING MINOR BEACH EROSION. THE LARGEST
WAVES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND HIGH TIDE EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE THEREAFTER...WITH A LARGE
DECREASE IN WAVE HEIGHT BY FRIDAY EVENING WHEN WINDS BECOME
OFFSHORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
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