COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
104 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2010
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT...WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
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KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
104 PM EDT WED SEP 8 2010
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AT ATLANTIC FACING BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...STAY CALM AND DO NOT
FIGHT IT. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL YOU BREAK FREE OF THE
CURRENT. THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE...AWAY FROM THE CURRENT...TOWARD
THE SHORE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE BY SWIMMING...FLOAT OR
TREAD WATER. WHEN THE CURRENT WEAKENS...SWIM AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM
THE CURRENT TOWARD THE SHORE. IF AT ANY TIME YOU FEEL YOU WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO REACH THE SHORE...DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY CALLING
OR WAVING FOR HELP.
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MPS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1104 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2010
NJZ002>006-011-NYZ071>077-082300-
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
1104 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2010
...ENHANCED THREAT FOR THE SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES...
THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY CONDITIONS AND
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED
THREAT OF THE SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES. VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS
FALLEN SINCE THE START OF THE MONTH...AND AS A RESULT...THESE FINE
FUELS WOULD CARRY ANY BRUSH FIRE THAT WERE TO IGNITE.
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MPS