[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 08/29/2002 06:36:05

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WWUS81 KPHI 291035
SPSPHI
DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-291500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
630 AM EDT THU AUG 29 2002

...ROUGH SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY - BEWARE OF RIP CURRENTS...

10 FOOT SEAS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST EARLY 
THIS MORNING. THESE ROUGH SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY AS THE 
WINDS SHIFT DIRECTION FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST AND DIMINISH FROM 
20 TO 30 MPH TO 10 TO 15 MPH.

ANYONE WHO VENTURES INTO THE OCEAN SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL 
TODAY FOR THE ROUGH SEAS AND POTENTIAL RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

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