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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

336 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT...



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SOUTHERN NASSAU-

336 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

...LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...



* LOCATION...THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF NASSAU COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT.



* TIMING...MONDAY.



* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.



* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE NORMAL. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY

FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN

SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND

PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY

SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND

POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS.



SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND

FLOAT...AND DO NOT 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.



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-

336 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...



* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN 

  BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FT.



* TIMING...MONDAY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY

FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN

SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES...AND

PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY

SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND

POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS.



SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND

FLOAT...AND DO NOT 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.



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