Rip Current Statement 37, NWS JSJ

Issued

Aug 24, 2016, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 24, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT

Expired

Aug 24, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

613 
WHCA42 TJSJ 240904
CFWSJU

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
504 AM AST WED AUG 24 2016

INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN
AND ANEGADA PASSAGE WILL RAISE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EASTERN
SAINT CROIX.

VIZ002-242200-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.RP.S.0037.160824T1000Z-160824T2200Z/
ST CROIX-
504 AM AST WED AUG 24 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN END OF SAINT CROIX

* TIMING...TODAY

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS THAT CAN CARRY EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS
  OUT TO SEA.

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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