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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

515 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017



...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY OCEAN BEACHES...



NYZ080-081-151100-

/O.EXT.KOKX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170816T0100Z/

SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

515 PM EDT MON AUG 14 2017



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



* LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY.



* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.



* SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT.



* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.



* TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH A HIGH RIP CURRENT

  THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...DUE TO LONG PERIOD

  SWELLS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT.



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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