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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
415 AM HST TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES...

.OVERVIEW...A POWERFUL LOW NEAR NEW ZEALAND LAST WEEK GENERATED
LONG PERIOD SWELLS THAT WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO THE SOUTH FACING
SHORES OF THE ISLANDS.

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SOUTH BIG ISLAND-
415 AM HST TUE MAY 24 2011

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY.

* SURF...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 5 TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...NOVICE SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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