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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS New York, NY

June 19, 2011Suffolk County, New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Jun 19, 2011, 4:18 AM EDT for Suffolk County, New York. It took effect at Jun 19, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2011, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS New York, NY

County Suffolk County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

833 
WHUS41 KOKX 190818
CFWOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
418 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND BEACHES
TODAY...

NYZ081-200100-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0006.110619T1000Z-110620T0100Z/
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
418 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

LOCATIONS...OCEAN BEACHES OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE. 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.

SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FT.

LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.

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.

&&

$$

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NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...

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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.