[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 06/08/2002 12:18:50

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WWUS81 KPHI 081613
SPSPHI
DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-082215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1212 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 2002

...INCREASED RIP CURRENT THREAT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG NEW JERSEY AND 
DELAWARE BEACHES...

HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED ALONG THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN MID 
ATLANTIC COASTS COUPLED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WELL OFF THE 
NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL PRODUCE NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS THIS 
AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH 4 TO 6 FOOT NEAR SHORE WAVES WILL 
INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN 
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG NARROW CHANNELS OF 
WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. 

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY TO SWIM ON 
A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF THE 
RIP...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE 
DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND DROWN EVEN THE 
STRONGEST SWIMMER. ANOTHER MEANS OF ESCAPE...FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOOD 
SWIMMERS...IS TO RIDE THE CURRENT OUT BEYOND THE SURF ZONE WHERE THE 
RIP CURRENT DISSIPATES...THEN SWIM TO SHORE OUTSIDE THE EFFECTS OF 
THE NARROW CURRENT.

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KRUZDLO