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Risk of Riptides through Wednesday Evening
Issued by The National Weather Service
Wakefield, VA
5:31 pm EDT, Tue., Jul. 7, 2009
… MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING…
SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET… WITH PERIODS BETWEEN 10 AND 17 SECONDS… WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG… NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT… REMAIN CALM. TRY TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET AWAY FROM THE RIP… THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP… SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.
ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS.
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