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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

437 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2017



...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT ATLANTIC OCEAN

BEACHES... 



NYZ075-080-081-178-179-311000-

/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-170901T0000Z/

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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

437 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS

EVENING...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 8 FT FOR THE REST OF TODAY. AROUND 4 FT ON

  THURSDAY.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE TODAY. LOW THURSDAY.



* SHORELINE IMPACTS...HIGH SURF OF 5 TO 8 FT WILL CAUSE SOME 

  LOCALIZED DUNE EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. 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.



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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JMC



