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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

339 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2017



...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY...



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

339 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EVENING...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO

8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 8 FT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE



* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY.



* SHORELINE IMPACTS...HIGH SURF OF 6 TO 9 FT TONIGHT INTO

  WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED DUNE EROSION DURING TIMES OF

  HIGH TIDE. 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.



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.



A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN

THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH

EROSION.



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