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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

434 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017



...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

434 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 TONIGHT.



* 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-

434 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON...



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

  COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...4 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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