Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - New York, NY
Areas Affected: Kings (Brooklyn); Southwest Suffolk; Southeast Suffolk; Southern Queens; Southern Nassau
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 3:06am EDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 3:06am EDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 6:00am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 6:00pm EDT
Event Ends: Thursday 8:00pm EDT
Issued by: NWS Upton NY
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected and 4 to 7 ft surf. * WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Thursday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * RIP CURRENT DETAILS...The rip current risk will be low this morning at the ocean beaches, but increasing to moderate through the afternoon and then high by late in the day as southerly winds and surf increase. * BEACH IMPACTS...Minor beach flooding is possible during the times of high tide this evening through Thursday.
If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6000cf7822393f7817d4103ef45a5467cc144425.001.1 Codes: NYZ075, NYZ080, NYZ081, NYZ178, NYZ179 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6000cf7822393f7817d4103ef45a5467cc144425.001.1