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Hurricane/Tornado/Tropical Storm Advisories

Last updated: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:45 AM

High Surf Advisory

High Surf Advisory
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
831 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG THE
OCEAN EXPOSED COAST...

MAZ022>024-232045-
/O.EXB.KBOX.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090824T1000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
831 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY.

POWERFUL SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE BILL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
THE OCEAN EXPOSED MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTLINES THROUGH
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEAS AS HIGH AS 15 FEET SOUTH AND EAST OF CAPE COD WILL PRODUCE HIGH
SURF ALONG BOTH THE EAST AND SOUTH COASTS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS AND
LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ON OCEAN BEACHES. SOME CONTINUED BEACH
EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY DURING THE HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

HIGH BREAKERS WILL MAKE STANDING ON ROCKS OR SEA WALLS NEAR THE
OCEAN STILL DANGEROUS DURING TODAY.

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.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE
CURRENT...IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.

HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL AND SWIM ONLY AT GUARDED
BEACHES. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR PIERS
AND JETTIES WHERE RIP CURRENTS CAN BE ENHANCED.