Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2011, 4:40 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at May 27, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2011, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Queens County, NY, Suffolk County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774 WHUS41 KOKX 262040 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-271000- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0001.110527T1000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 440 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE ALL DAY INTO THE EVENING. SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FT. LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE FOR NASSAU AND NEW YORK CITY BEACHES DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE SWIM ONLY IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. A MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING IMPLIES THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
5 follow-up statements
339 WHUS41 KOKX 270851 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 451 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-271700- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.110527T1000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 451 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE INTO THE EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 3 FT AT NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY BEACHES AND 2 TO 4 FT AT SUFFOLK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE SWIM ONLY IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MALOIT
451 WHUS41 KOKX 271307 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 907 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-272115- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 907 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE INTO THE EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 3 FT AT NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY BEACHES AND 2 TO 4 FT AT SUFFOLK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE SWIM ONLY IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. 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. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MALOIT/JMC
119 WHUS41 KOKX 271319 CCA CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 919 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-272145- /O.COR.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 919 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE INTO THE EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 3 FT AT NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY BEACHES AND 2 TO 4 FT AT SUFFOLK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE SWIM ONLY IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MALOIT/JMC
911 WHUS41 KOKX 271920 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 320 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280100- /O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 320 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 3 FT AT NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY BEACHES AND 2 TO 4 FT AT SUFFOLK COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE SWIM ONLY IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. 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. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS AND SWIM IN LIFE GUARDED AREAS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JMC
886 WHUS41 KOKX 280033 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 833 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 NYZ075-080-081-178-179-280145- /O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110528T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 833 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:47 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:55 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 7 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New York, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.