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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

339 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK SATURDAY AT NEW YORK CITY AND LONG

ISLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES...



NYZ075-080-081-178-179-300100-

/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0011.170729T1200Z-170730T0100Z/

KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

339 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS

MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...



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

  BEACHES



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FT.



* TIMING...FROM THIS MORNING 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 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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