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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
854 AM PDT SAT APR 6 2013
...A POWERFUL WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS
TODAY RESULTING IN LARGE SURF...SNEAKER WAVES AND POWERFUL RIP
CURRENTS... 
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SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
854 AM PDT SAT APR 6 2013
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS
ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE SURF...STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING.
* LOCATION...WESTERLY FACING CENTRAL COAST BEACHES FROM SONOMA
  THROUGH THE MONTEREY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY STEEP BEACHES.
* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LARGE BREAKING WAVES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
  WASH PEOPLE FROM BEACHES AND OFF OF ROCKS. THE LARGE BREAKING
  WAVES WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS.  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT
MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MAY EXIST ON SPECIFIC
BEACHES. THESE HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE LARGE SHORE BREAK...STRONG RIP
CURRENTS...STRONG LONG SHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLY SNEAKER WAVES.
ALL OF WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. BE SURE TO ALWAYS KEEP
YOUR EYES ON THE OCEAN.
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS.
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HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO