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New York - (Nassau/NYZ077) - Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for New York Issued by the National Weather Service

  High Surf Advisory - Nassau (New York)
DANGEROUS HIGH SURF ON THE OCEAN...

.WAVES IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA ARE IN THE 8 TO 12 FT
RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FT
BY MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGH SURF WILL RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH
EROSION AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF
LONG ISLAND.

OCEAN BEACH GOERS SHOULD STAY COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER!

NYZ076-077-080-081-072200-
/O.NEW.KOKX.SU.Y.0001.080907T0708Z-080907T2200Z/
QUEENS-NASSAU-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
308 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

WHILE THE SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER AND HIGH SURF WILL DRAW PEOPLE TO
THE OCEAN BEACHES...HIGH SURF ON THE OCEAN IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL
STORM HANNA WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND STRONG RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH THE DAY.

THE SURF WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EVEN VENTURING INTO THE
SURF A FEW FEET COULD RESULT IN DISASTER. BEACH GOERS SHOULD STAY
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER!

MODERATE OR HIGHER BEACH EROSION IS OCCURRING DURING THE PRE-
DAWN HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND 3 AM. THE WORST OF THE EROSION
WILL OCCUR FROM FIRE ISLAND EAST TO MONTAUK WHERE WAVES...ESTIMATED
AT 8 TO 12 FT...ARE CRASHING ON TO THE BEACHES. SOME OVER-WASHES
ARE ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR.

ADDITIONAL MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR WITH THE
AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM...BUT BY THIS
TIME WAVES SHOULD HAVE SUBSIDED TO 5 TO 7 FT.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

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