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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017



...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING

FOR THE SUFFOLK OCEAN BEACHES...

...BRIEF LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS EVENING ALONG THE

NASSAU SOUTH SHORE BAYS...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017



...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...



* LOCATIONS...THE SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. 



* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.



* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN

THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH

EROSION.



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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SOUTHERN NASSAU-

311 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017



* LOCATIONS...ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF NASSAU COUNTY. 



* TIDAL DEPARTURES...1 TO 1 1/2 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. 



* TIMING...AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...WHICH ARE

  GENERALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. 



* IMPACTS...BRIEF AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF SOME SHORELINE

  AND WATERFRONT PROPERTIES AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.  



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