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| Weather Alerts for Atlantic Coastal Cape May New Jersey (NJZ024) |
 COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY (NJZ024) |
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| Effective: Sat, Sep 4, 2010 09:36am EDT | Severity: Unknown |
| Updated: Sat, Sep 4, 2010 09:36am EDT | Urgency: Unknown |
| Expires: Sat, Sep 4, 2010 08:00pm EDT | Certainty: Unknown |
| Areas Affected: Atlantic; Atlantic Coastal Cape May; Cape May; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean; Eastern Monmouth; Monmouth; Ocean | |
Alert:
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING... LONG PERIOD SWELLS REMAIN ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS AS TROPICAL STORM EARL MOVES INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES THROUGH TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL BREAK IN THE SURF ZONE AT ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR AT NIGHT. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG, NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, REMAIN CALM. TRY TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET AWAY FROM THE RIP, THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP, SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. |
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