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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

338 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2017



...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY...



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

338 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2017



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

TUESDAY EVENING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP

CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH

TUESDAY EVENING.



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 5 FEET.



* LIGHTNING RISK...LOW.



* TIMING...TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY 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

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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