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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FRIDAY...



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SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES FROM NASSAU COUNTY EAST 

  THROUGH SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 5 FEET.



* TIMING...FRIDAY.



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 THE

SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...

JETTIES AND PIERS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND

SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS.



IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN

CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR

HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO

SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...

BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM

DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.



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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHERN QUEENS-

610 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017



...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH



* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET.



* TIMING...FRIDAY.



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 THE

SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...

JETTIES AND PIERS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND

SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS.



IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN

CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR

HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO

SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...

BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TOWARD THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM

DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.



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