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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1206 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY

OCEAN BEACHES...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

1206 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP

CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING.



* LOCATIONS...SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES. 



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. 



* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FT.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE. 



* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON.



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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