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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1238 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2017



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MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-

1238 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2017



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM

EDT THIS AFTERNOON...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT

ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT

THIS AFTERNOON. 



* SEAS...4 TO 5 FT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MEANS THAT SEAS OF 5 FT

OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...AND HAZARDOUS TO SMALL

CRAFT. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID SHOALING AREAS. LONG PERIOD SWELLS

CAN SHARPEN INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN SHOALING AREAS. IT IS

NOT UNUSUAL FOR WAVES TO BREAK MUCH FARTHER FROM SHOALING AREAS

THAN IS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED. REMEMBER THATBREAKING WAVES CAN

EASILY CAPSIZE EVEN LARGER VESSELS.



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