[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 5/29/2011 5:06:02 PM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...SURF ZONE PROGRAM CHANGES...

THE MOUNT HOLLY OFFICE HAS BEGUN ISSUING A ROUTINE SURF ZONE 
FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.  
 
THIS 345 PM ISSUANCE FOR TOMORROW...IS IN THE SAME FORMAT AS THE 530 
AM ISSUANCE FOR TODAY. 

IT IS DESIGNED TO OFFER ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE RISK CATEGORY FOR RIP 
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE ATLANTIC 
COASTS. 

ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES FORTHCOMING IN 
HIGHLIGHTING THE AWARENESS FOR A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT 
DEVELOPMENT. THOSE DAYS ARE NOT OFTEN BUT WHEN THEY OCCUR...A 
BULLETED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED HIGHLIGHTING THE INFORMATION ON 
OUR MAP FOUND ON THE WEB AT    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI 

A HIGH RISK DAY WILL CODE LIGHT BLUEISH GREEN AND HIGHLIGHT A 
HEADLINE IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS. 

THIS SHOULD BE SELF EVIDENT IN THOSE HIGH RISK SITUATIONS THAT 
OCCUR. 

THESE CHANGES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COORDINATED NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE COASTAL EXPERIMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY FOR 
RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. 

RIP CURRENT AWARENESS WEEK IS JUNE 5TH THROUGH 11TH. 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED EACH MORNING TO DISCUSS 
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURF ZONE/RIP 
CURRENT PROGRAM.  

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