[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 08/21/2002 12:47:46

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WWUS81 KPHI 211651
SPSPHI
DEZ004-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1250 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2002

...DANGER FROM RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON...

THERE IS AN INCREASED DANGER FROM RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG 
THE DELAWARE BEACHES.  THE BETHANY BEACH PATROL HAS REPORTED RIP 
CURRENTS AND HAS ALREADY PERFORMED A NUMBER OF RESCUES.  SWIMMERS 
AND SURFERS ALONG THE DELAWARE BEACHES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT 
THIS AFTERNOON.

RIP CURRENTS...WHICH FLOW AWAY FROM THE BEACH...ARE OFTEN TOO STRONG 
TO SWIM AGAINST BUT THEY ARE RELATIVELY NARROW.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT 
IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT TOWARD SHORE...BUT SWIM 
ACROSS IT AND PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE 
CURRENT. THEN HEAD FOR SHORE.  TO BE SAFEST...ALWAYS SWIM WHERE LIFE 
GUARDS ARE ON DUTY.

AMC