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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

300 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



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



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SOUTHERN NASSAU-

300 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



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

EVENING...

...LOCALIZED MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF 

HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...



* LOCATION...SOUTHERN NASSAU COUNTY. 



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 2 FT AT THE OCEAN BEACHES...INCREASING TO 

  3 TO 4 FT TOWARD EVENING. 



* TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING. 



* IMPACTS...LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE AT  

  HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS. 



* 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-

300 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2017



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

EVENING...



* LOCATIONS...THE OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. 



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 2 FT AT THE OCEAN BEACHES...INCREASING TO 3  

  TO 4 FT TOWARD EVENING. 



* TIMING...INTO THIS 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

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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