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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

428 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017



...HIGH SURF DEVELOPING SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED DANGEROUS RIP 

CURRENTS...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

428 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM EDT

MONDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS ISSUED A HIGH

SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM EDT

MONDAY.



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 8 FT.



* SHORELINE IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES WILL RESULT IN BEACH EROSION

  WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE POSSIBLE TO DUNE STRUCTURES.



* TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.



* OUTLOOK...RISING WATER LEVELS COMBINED WITH INCOMING ENERGETIC

  SWELLS FROM JOSE, WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR HIGH SURF, DUNE

  COLLISION, AND LOCALIZED OVERWASHES ALONG THE OCEAN BEACHFRONT

  EARLY NEXT WEEK. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 

  MID WEEK.



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

SANDBARS AND NEAR 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.



SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND

FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT.  IF ABLE...SWIM IN A

DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE

SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.



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-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

428 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU

  COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FT.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.



* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.



* OUTLOOK...RISING WATER LEVELS COMBINED WITH INCOMING ENERGETIC

  SWELLS FROM JOSE, WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR HIGH SURF, DUNE

  COLLISION, AND LOCALIZED OVERWASHES ALONG THE OCEAN BEACHFRONT

  EARLY NEXT WEEK. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 

  MID WEEK.



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

SANDBARS AND NEAR 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.



SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...RELAX AND

FLOAT...AND DO NOT SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT.  IF ABLE...SWIM IN A

DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE...FACE THE

SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.



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