[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/25/2002 11:54:55

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WWUS81 KPHI 251554
SPSPHI
DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-252130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2002

...RIP CURRENT THREAT TODAY ALONG NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE BEACHES...

A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH OVERNIGHT HAS BROUGHT NORTHEAST 
WINDS TO THE COAST TODAY. SEAS ALONG THE COAST WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 
2 AND 4 FT...MAINLY IN A LONG PERIOD SWELL. THIS COMBINATION WILL 
INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NEW JERSEY 
AND DELAWARE BEACHES. 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.

TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR 
FURTHER UPDATES.

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