Active Alerts Broadway Junction, NY

Rip Current Statement

Issued at Wed 3:34 PM Jun. 26

Issued by: National Weather Service

Recommended Action

If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device withyou and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relaxand float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim ina direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, facethe shore and yell or wave for help.

Description

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.* WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, SoutheastSuffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties.* WHEN...Through Thursday evening.* IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for allpeople entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beachesshould stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even thebest swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

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