XOUS51 KWBC 251545 CAPOKX NWS-IDP-PROD-4410321-3675991 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2020-08-25T11:45:00-04:00 Actual Alert Public IPAWSv1.0 en-US Met Rip Current Statement Avoid Expected Moderate Likely SAME NWS NationalWeatherService RPS 2020-08-25T11:45:00-04:00 2020-08-25T11:45:00-04:00 2020-08-25T21:00:00-04:00 NWS Upton NY Rip Current Statement issued August 25 at 11:45AM EDT until August 25 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NY * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Ocean beaches along Kings (Brooklyn), Southwestern Suffolk, Southeastern Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening. * 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. 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. http://www.weather.gov NWSheadline HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING VTEC /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0015.200825T1545Z-200826T0100Z/ PIL OKXCFWOKX BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM eventEndingTime 2020-08-25T21:00:00-04:00 Kings (Brooklyn); Southern Nassau; Southwest Suffolk; Southeast Suffolk; Southern Queens UGC NYZ075 UGC NYZ179 UGC NYZ080 UGC NYZ081 UGC NYZ178 SAME 036047 SAME 036059 SAME 036103 SAME 036081