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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

406 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2017



...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES

THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT MONDAY FOR THE SUFFOLK 

COUNTY ATLANTIC BEACHES...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

406 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF

ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EDT MONDAY.



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 7 FEET.



* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.





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 THE

SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF 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.



IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN

CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR

HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO

SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...

BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM

DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.



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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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

406 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM BROOKLYN EAST THROUGH

  NASSAU COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 6 FEET.



* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.



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 THE

SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF 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.



IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN

CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR

HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO

SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...

BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM

DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.



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