Warning Description: Coastal Hazard Statement
Warning Date: 8:22 PM EDT on September 3, 2010
WarningSum:...Rip Current Risk Remains In Effect Through Saturday Evening...
Warning Message:A high rip current risk is expected to continue through Saturday
due to lingering swell from Hurricane Earl...and as se swell from
distant Tropical Storm Fiona fills in. The most dangerous rip
currents are expected a couple of hours either side of low tide...
which occurs around 10 am. Conditions are expected to slowly
improve through the end of the Holiday weekend.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
There is a high risk of rip currents.
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. Heed the advice of lifeguards and the beach
patrol. Pay attention to flags and posted signs posted near beach
access points and lifeguard stations.
If you become caught in a rip current...do not panic. Remain calm
and begin to swim parallel to shore. Once you are away from the
force of the rip current...begin to swim back to the beach. Do
not attempt to swim directly against a rip current...since it can
exhaust and even kill the strongest swimmer.
Please visit the following website to share your thoughts on the
new rip current hazard:
http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=rcvtecchm
Please visit the following website to share your thoughts on the
new rip current hazard:
http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=rcvtecchm
Please visit the following website to share your thoughts on the
new rip current hazard:
http://www.Weather.Gov/survey/NWS-survey.Php?Code=rcvtecchm
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