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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
902 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...COASTAL FLOODING AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.STRONG ONSHORE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF A STORM 
SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS IS RESULTING
IN TIDES RAPIDLY RISING TO NEAR 3 FEET ABOVE MSL AND A HIGH RISK 
OF RIP CURRENTS.

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KLEBERG-NUECES-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
902 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH
RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MSL FOR GULF FACING
  BEACHES.

* TIMING... THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WAVE RUN UP INTO THE DUNES RESULTING IN LIMITED TO
  IMPOSSIBLE BEACH DRIVING CONDITIONS. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
  THREATENING RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG GULF FACING BEACHES OF
  THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND
FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A
DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE
SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. 

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