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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

936 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017



...HIGH AND DANGEROUS SURF FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST

WEDNESDAY...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

936 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017



...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM NASSAU COUNTY EAST 

  THROUGH SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...7 TO 9 FEET.



* TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS 

  MAY PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. BOTH THE ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK 

  MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



* IMPACTS...COASTAL ROADS MAY EXPERIENCE WASHOVER FROM TIME TO 

  TIME. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED MODERATE 

  BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE.



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-

936 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY

AFTERNOON...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET.



* TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS 

  MAY PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. BOTH THE ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK 

  MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



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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