Alert archive / New York / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 13, NWS New York, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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
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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.