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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

417 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2017



ANZ350-353-355-140300-

/O.NEW.KOKX.SW.Y.0024.170913T0817Z-170914T0300Z/

MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-

FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-

SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-

417 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2017



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM

EDT THIS EVENING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT

ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT

THIS EVENING.



* SEAS...4 TO 6 FT IN S TO SE SWELL OF 12 TO 14 SECONDS.

  CONDITIONS SHOULD BE VERY ROUGH AT THE OCEAN INLETS DUE TO THE

  VERY LONG PERIOD SWELL. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT SEAS OF 5 FT

OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL

CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELLS

CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS

NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS

THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER THAT BREAKING WAVES CAN

EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.



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