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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

321 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2017



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

TODAY...



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

321 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2017



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

EVENING...

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



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 8 FT TODAY.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE



* TIMING...TODAY.



* SHORELINE IMPACTS...HIGH SURF OF 5 TO 8 FT TODAY 

  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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