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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
408 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2019
...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL WATER RUN UP ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES...
.STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF
FACING BEACHES. THIS MORE PERSISTENT FETCH WILL ALSO PUSH HIGHER
WATER UP ONTO BOLIVAR PENINSULA BEACHES.
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GALVESTON ISLAND AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA-
408 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2019
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
* HAZARDS...STRENGTHENED RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR COASTAL WAVE
RUNUP. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL BOOST THE WAVE RUN UP ALONG THE BEACHES INCLUDING
INSIDE THE BAYS.
* TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING.
* LOCATION...GALVESTON BAY AND GALVESTON ISLAND AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA.
* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.
COASTAL WATER RUNUP MAY PLACE WATER INTO LOW LYING AREAS,
DUNES AND MAY ACROSS SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87.
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...BEACH PATROL...
FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS
CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN THE SURF ZONE. CAUTION
SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER.
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BRAZORIA ISLANDS-MATAGORDA ISLANDS-
408 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2019
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
* TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MID MORNING.
* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
THIS MORNING MAY BRIEFLY ENHANCE THE ALREADY HIGH RIP CURRENT
RISK WITHIN THE SURF ZONE.
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...BEACH PATROL...
FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. LIFE THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SURF ZONE.
IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.
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