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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
..TROPICAL STORM ANDREA MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION
.ONSHORE FLOW AND RESIDUAL SWELL IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM
ANDREA WILL CONTINUE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. SURF IS
SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND HAS DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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PINELLAS-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
..RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
..HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY.
* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT
INTO DEEPER WATERS.
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 GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.
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.
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