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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

418 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES EXPECTED 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY...



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

418 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2017



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



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 7 FEET.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE



* TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.



* OUTLOOK...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONALLY THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF

  OF 6 TO 9 FT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE 

  SOME LOCALIZED DUNE EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.



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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