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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1105 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

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EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
1105 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR MOST EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING COASTAL LOCATIONS OF
RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS.

LARGE OCEAN SWELLS LEFTOVER FROM EARL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUSLY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES
TODAY. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST FACING BEACHES
OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET ISLAND.

THE HIGH SURF WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT STRONG RIP
CURRENTS WILL REMAIN INTO SUNDAY. THEREFORE THE HIGH SURF
ADVISORY COULD BE EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE COAST
WITH THIS AFTERNOONS UPDATE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RIP CURRENT...SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY CALLED AN UNDERTOW...IS A
STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH TO THE
SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER AND
EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT.

IF YOU ARE A POOR SWIMMER AND ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM
PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL.  ANOTHER MEANS OF
ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD SWIMMERS IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT
BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM
TOWARD SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECT OF THE NARROW RIP CURRENT.

HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND OBEY ALL SWIMMING
RESTRICTIONS.

IN ADDITION...VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL
AWAY FROM POSSIBLE SPLASH OVER. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN
TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO
THE WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING
INTO THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN
INJURY THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

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