Rip Current Statement 1, NWS JSJ

Issued

Jul 2, 2015, 5:06 AM CDT (10:06 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 2, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

Jul 2, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

868 
WHCA42 TJSJ 021006
CFWSJU

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
606 AM AST THU JUL 2 2015

...INCREASING WIND AND SEAS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ON SAINT CROIX'S EAST END...

.MOUNTING SEAS AND MODERATE TO FRESH EAST WINDS WILL BRING A HIGH
RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS TO THE EAST END OF SAINT
CROIX. 

VIZ002-021815-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0001.150702T1200Z-150702T2200Z/
ST CROIX-
606 AM AST THU JUL 2 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...BEACHES ON THE EAST END OF SAINT CROIX.

* TIMING...TODAY UNTIL AT LEAST 6 PM AST.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS WILL FORM MAKING SWIMMING BACK TO
  SHORE DIFFICULT IN LOCAL AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. 

&&

$$

SNELL

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