CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
333 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

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ST. JOHNS-FLAGLER-COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COASTAL GLYNN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
333 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING. HIGH SURF IS
  ALSO EXPECTED WHICH CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN. LONGSHORE CURRENTS MAY
  BE STRONG AND PUSH YOU INTO RIP CURRENTS. DURING HIGH TIDE...
  SOME LOW LYING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN ESTUARIES AND ALONG
  RIVER BANKS. SOME AREAS ALONG BEACH ACCESS POINTS WILL HAVE
  WATER COME UP TO WALKWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SAVE SOMEONE IN PERIL IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ESCAPE RIP
CURRENTS

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