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| #539975 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:20 AM 04.Sep.2012) CFWMLB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 356 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE LESLIE WERE REACHING THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEACHES. THIS USUALLY GENERATES STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ047-054-059-064-141-147-050900- /O.NEW.KMLB.RP.S.0005.120904T0800Z-120905T0900Z/ SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- NORTHERN BREVARD- 356 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM...THEN BETWEEN ABOUT 2 PM AND 8 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT SO THE OCEAN WILL LOOK RATHER INVITING. HOWEVER THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. ONLY SWIM IN THE OCEAN NEAR A LIFEGUARD. 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. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ |
