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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

400 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2004



...HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES 

BETWEEN FENWICK ISLAND DELAWARE AND CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH 

CAROLINA...



STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN WELL OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST INTO 

EARLY TUESDAY. SWELL GENERATED BY THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO 

PROPAGATE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...AND TO THE 

BEACHES...WHERE WAVES OF 6 TO 9 FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE SURF ZONE. 

THE HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL DAYS.



THE HIGH SURF WILL ALSO LEAD TO A VERY HIGH THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS 

ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES FROM OCEAN CITY MARYLAND SOUTH TO 

CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA. THEREFORE...ANYONE VENTURING 

INTO THE WATER INTO EARLY TUESDAY SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...AND 

BE AWARE OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM 

PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE UNTIL YOU ARE NO LONGER CAUGHT IN THE RIP. 

THEN...SWIM DIAGONALLY TOWARD SHORE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM AGAINST 

THE RIP CURRENT.



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