Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 1, 2011, 4:33 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2011, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 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 08:39 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 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
485 WHUS41 KOKX 010833 CFWOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 433 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... NYZ075-080-081-178-179-020100- /O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0002.110601T1000Z-110602T0100Z/ KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 433 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH. THIS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT FOR BROOKLYN...QUEENS...NASSAU COUNTY...AND WESTERN SUFFOLK BEACHES. 3 TO 5 FT FOR EASTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY BEACHES. * LIGHTNING RISK...MODERATE...MAINLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. * TIMING...HIGHEST RIP CURRENT RISK AND SURF HEIGHT WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 63 hr | |
| Jun 1, 5:59 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 8 hr | |
| Jun 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Orange | 89 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 50 hr | |
| Jun 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bronx | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 65 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 25 min | |
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | OKX | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.