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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

330 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2017



...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES

FOR TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

330 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2017



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

THROUGH THIS EVENING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP

CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING 

THROUGH THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM BROOKLYN EAST THROUGH

  SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET.



* 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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