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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



...HIGH AND DANGEROUS SURF FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES THROUGH 600 PM TODAY...

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



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

EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH

FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP

CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH

FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



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

  THROUGH SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 8 FEET.



* TIMING...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL

  600 PM EDT TODAY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY.



* 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. 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-

437 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH

FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP

CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH

FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



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



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET.



* TIMING...THROUGH 600 PM EDT TODAY...AND FRIDAY.





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. 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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