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Coastal Flood Statement Issued
Issued by The National Weather Service
Wakefield, VA
11:49 am EDT, Thu., Jun. 18, 2009
… MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW… ALONG WITH AN INCREASING… LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL… WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY BETWEEN OCEAN CITY AND CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT.
RIP CURRENT RISK IS MODERATE. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS… ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES… PIERS AND SANDBARS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WITH OUTGOING TIDES WHICH IMPROVE RIP CURRENT FORMATION. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS… POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. KNOW HOW TO SWIM AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL.
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