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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS New York, NY

September 25, 20124 counties in New York

NWS New York, NY issued this rip current statement at Sep 25, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 25, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2012, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 07:56 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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

681 
WHUS41 KOKX 250750
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
350 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260000-
/O.NEW.KOKX.RP.S.0013.120925T1000Z-120926T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
350 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK 
  CITY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 3 FEET.

* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.

* TIMING...TODAY.

$$

JMC
2 follow-up statements
610 
WHUS41 KOKX 250836
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
436 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260000-
/O.CON.KOKX.RP.S.0013.120925T1000Z-120926T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
436 AM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...ATLANTIC OCEAN BEACHES OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK 
  CITY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 3 FEET.

* LIGHTNING RISK...NONE.

* TIMING...TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS 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.

STRONG RIP CURRENTS CAN MOVE YOU AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE VERY
QUICKLY.  PLEASE CHECK WITH LIFEGUARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE
WATER...AND DO NOT SWIM IN UNSUPERVISED AREAS

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...STAY CALM AND  DO NOT
FIGHT IT. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL YOU BREAK FREE OF THE
CURRENT. THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE...AWAY  FROM THE CURRENT...TOWARD
THE SHORE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE BY SWIMMING...FLOAT OR
TREAD WATER. WHEN THE  CURRENT WEAKENS...SWIM AT AN ANGLE AWAY
FROM THE CURRENT TOWARD THE SHORE. IF AT ANY TIME YOU FEEL YOU
WILL NOT  BE ABLE TO REACH THE SHORE...DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF
BY CALLING OR WAVING FOR HELP.

&&

$$

JMC
757 
WHUS41 KOKX 252354
CFWOKX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
754 PM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

NYZ075-080-081-178-179-260100-
/O.EXP.KOKX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-120926T0000Z/
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
754 PM EDT TUE SEP 25 2012

THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...



$$

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in New York, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012

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.