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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1200 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017



...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE SUFFOLK 

COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

1200 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017



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

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



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF

ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH

RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK

IS 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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